With an estimated 130,000 troops gathered along Russia’s border with Ukraine, talks are continuing at the highest level as the Western powers pursue every diplomatic avenue in the hope of averting a war in the region.
Speaking at the White House alongside German chancellor Olaf Scholz last week, US president Joe Biden warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin: “I don’t know that he knows what he’s going to do, and I think he has to realise that it would be a gigantic mistake for him to move on Ukraine. The impact on Europe and the rest of the world would be devastating, and he would pay a heavy price.
