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 full-scale war in the region.
UK foreign secretary Liz Truss has warned that Europe is now on the “brink of war” and that an invasion is “imminent and highly likely”. The United States labelled Russia’s aggression in two disputed regions along the Russian border with Ukraine an “invasion”, using pointed language to describe the escalation.
