The Czech Republic has said that the incursion of the Russian Armed Forces into eastern and southeastern Ukraine poses a serious threat to peace and stability in the whole of Europe, the Czech Foreign Ministry has reported.

“The steps taken by the Russian Federation directly contradict not only the basic rules of international law, but also the recent assurances given by President Putin at the Minsk summit about his willingness to achieve a peaceful solution to the crisis in eastern Ukraine. The Czech Republic therefore calls on the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw its troops from the Ukrainian territory,” reads a statement released on the Web site of the Czech Embassy in Ukraine on Aug. 29.