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The Russian ambassador to Australia, Aleksey Pavlovsky:
Isn’t it a funny way to prepare an invasion? Just gather troops on the border and let them sit there for months…
When you prepare an invasion, you just do it promptly.
We don’t intend to invade at all. It’s very regrettable that the situation is portrayed the other way here and by our Western partners.
As to the sanctions, by now everybody should understand the language which should be used when talking to Russia. The sanctions just don’t work.