On Tuesday (February 22), Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two rebel-held regions in eastern Ukraine, Luhansk and Donetsk.
Prime minister Boris Johnson announced a series of sanctions against Russia, which saw five banks have their assets frozen and three Russian billionaires hit with UK travel bans.
Following the move Shapps said: "The prime minister chaired a meeting of Cobra [Civil Contingencies Committee], and at that meeting we discussed Putin’s incursion into Donetsk and Luhansk, which is in breach of international law.
