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Russia Extends Troop Drills; Ukraine Appeals for Ceasefire

Russia extended military drills near Ukraine's northern borders Sunday amid increased fears that two days of sustained shelling along the contact line between soldiers and Russa-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine could spark an invasion. Ukraine's president appealed for a ceasefire. The exercises were originally set to end Sunday and brought…

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Ukraine and U.S. will spare no diplomatic effort to protect Ukraine, Kuleba says

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Ukraine and the United States would spare no diplomatic effort to protect Ukraine, after Kuleba met U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Reuters

Putin will invade: It doesn't make sense

There's no sense to Putin's Ukraine misadventure. It's a world-shaping disaster. But it's going to happen anyway

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EU praises ‘restraint’ of Kyiv government; Blinken denounces Kremlin claims – as it happened

European Council urges Moscow to ‘de-escalate’ its military buildup; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says global security architecture is failing

The Guardian - UK

Russia touts Finland or Geneva as hosts for Lavrov-Blinken meeting - Ifax

Russia's ambassador to Britain touted Finland or Geneva as potential hosts for a meeting between Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week, Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

Russia to Stage Nuclear Drills with Ukraine Tensions High

Russia announced massive drills of its nuclear forces Friday amid soaring East-West tensions, as the US issued some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about how a Russian invasion of Ukraine might unfold. US President Joe Biden sounded unusually dire a day earlier, as he warned that Washington saw…

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Allies Watch for Kremlin Attempt to Justify Ukraine Invasion

The US issued some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about how a Russian invasion of Ukraine might unfold, and its Western allies went on high alert for any attempts by the Kremlin to create a false pretext for a new war in Europe. US President Joe Biden sounded…

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Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin made decision to invade

Russia-Ukraine news from February 18: Biden says Moscow has plan to attack Kyiv in ‘coming days’.

Al Jazeera

Allies watch for Kremlin attempt to justify Ukraine invasion

The U.S. has issued some of its starkest, most detailed warnings yet about how a Russian invasion of Ukraine might unfold

The Independent UK

Blinken accepts invitation to meet Lavrov late next week if Russia does not invade Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has proposed dates for holding a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, late next week, who accepted it if Russia does not invade Ukraine, local media reported.

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Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

The Guardian - US

Ukraine crisis: Blinken and Lavrov agree to meeting as tensions reach ‘moment of peril’

Senior figures to meet next week amid US warnings that Vladimir Putin could give order to invade within days

The Guardian - AU

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UN council backs talk, but no Russia pledge against invasion

One by one, U.N. Security Council members called Thursday for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in Ukraine

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Russian threat to invade Ukraine still high says Washington as Moscow expels US diplomat

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Moscow could order an assault on its neighbour in the "coming days" after a Ukrainian kindergarten is hit by artillery fire.

Axios

Blinken lays out Putin's playbook for Ukraine invasion at UN hearing

"I am here today not to start a war, but to prevent one," Blinken said.

The Independent UK

Blinken says Russian attack plans for Ukraine go beyond ‘conventional’ weapons

US Secretary of State’s remarks raise the possibility that Russia’s attack plans for Ukraine could include the use of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons

Reuters

At U.N., U.S. warns Russia planning to attack Ukraine in 'coming days'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out at the United Nations Security Council on Thursday how Washington believes Russia could seek to invade Ukraine, warning that Moscow was preparing to attack its neighbor in the "coming days."

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Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: US warns Russia preparing for invasion

Ukraine news from February 17: Russian deputy foreign minister says claims it plans to invade are ‘baseless’.

The Guardian - AU

Biden to host call with Nato allies as invasion fears grow – as it happened

US president says threat of Russian invasion ‘very high’, after Ukraine government source says shelling ‘looks like provocation’

France 24

Blinken urges Russia to reject the 'path of war' at UN Security Council

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told the UN Security Council on Thursday that Russia must abandon the "path of war" and urged Russia to declare unequivocally that it would not invade Ukraine. Hours earlier, Moscow expelled the US deputy chief of mission in a move the White House slammed…

Reuters

U.S. sees no sign of Russian pullback near Ukraine -Blinken

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday said the United States has not seen any pullback of Russian troops from Ukraine's borders and that Moscow has been moving critical units closer to the area.

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine Updates: NATO says no sign of Russia de-escalation

Ukraine news from February 16: NATO says no sign of Russian de-escalation, considers reinforcing southeastern flank.

Reuters

U.S. tells Russia it wants 'verifiable, credible, meaningful de-escalation'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday that the United States has ongoing concerns about Russia's ability to launch an invasion of Ukraine and needs to see "verifiable, credible, meaningful de-escalation."

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov calls for pragmatic dialogue in phone call with Blinken

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed the need to continue working together and called for pragmatic dialogue on security, in a phone call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

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