Jens Stoltenberg, the alliance’s secretary general, has said: “Moscow has moved from covert attempts to destabilise Ukraine to overt military action”.

He added the move was a “serious escalation by Russia and a flagrant violation of international law”.

Five Russian banks and three high net worth individuals to be sanctioned, Boris Johnson has announced, in response to Russian troops entering eastern Ukraine.

It comes as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he has ordered the withdrawal of a key document needed for certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline after Russia's incursion into eastern Ukraine.


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