German Chancellor Angela Merkel has issued a stark warning to Russia, saying it would suffer "massive" economic and political damage if it did not change its course over Ukraine.
In an address to the German Bundestag on Thursday, Merkel told politicians that the European Union was ready to impose sanctions if Russia refused to enter into diplomatic talks to end the crisis in Ukraine.
She said: "If Russia continues on its course of the past weeks, it will not only be a catastrophe for Ukraine. We would not only see it, also as neighbours of Russia, as a threat. And it would not only change the European Union's relationship with Russia.
"No, this would also cause massive damage to Russia, economically and politically."
Credit to Al Jazeera
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