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<p>I refer my honourable friend to the statement I made to the House on 8 April 2014,
Offical Report, column 101. We are gravely concerned about the situation in Crimea
and in the east of Ukraine where armed groups have seized government buildings in
Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lugansk. There can be no justification for this action, which
bears all the hallmarks of a Russian strategy to destabilise Ukraine. Russia should
be clear that the deliberate escalation of this crisis will bring serious political
and economic consequences.</p>
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