’Speak directly!’: Putin has tense exchange with his chief spy

The head of Russia’s spy service has a tense exchange with Vladimir Putin during a security meeting about the Russian-controlled territories in east Ukraine. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► Sergei Naryshkin, chief of the foreign intelligence service, is interrupted repeatedl by the president and told to ’speak plainly!’ Putin on Monday ordered his military to enter south-east Ukraine for the ’implementation of peacekeeping’ in the self-proclaimed republics of Luhansk and Donetsk, which Ukraine and most of the world view as Ukraine’s sovereign territory Putin’s absurd, angry spectacle will be a turning point in his long reign ► Kyiv calls for ‘urgent’ EU sanctions against Russia ► The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters.