Talking point: Is the UK doing enough?

The aftermath of Russian shelling, outside Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a “massive” package of sanctions that he says are designed to “hobble the Russian economy”, in response to their invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Reports of Russian incursions into Ukrainian territory came on three fronts, as Putin decided to act on the threat of war that has been hanging over the region ever since their annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Mr Johnson said: “President Putin of Russia has unleashed war in our European Continent. A vast invasion is underway by land by sea and by air.”