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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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Passenger found alive, another dead after fire on Italian ferry in Greece, but 10 still missing

A Greek shipping ministry official says a 21-year-old man from Belarus was rescued from the stern of the Euroferry Olympic after being discovered as the vessel was being towed to shore following the blaze.

ABC News

Latest Ukraine updates: Macron, Putin agree to work for ceasefire

Russia-Ukraine news from February 20: Macron and Putin agree on necessity of a diplomatic solution to ongoing crisis.

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Macron holds ‘last ditch’ talks with Putin, US warns Russia ‘poised to strike’ Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Sunday in a “last ditch” diplomatic bid to avert an invasion of Ukraine as US President Joe Biden convenes a rare Sunday meeting with his national security team amid White House warnings of an attack “at any…

France 24

Russia launches nuclear-capable missiles as US says Putin has decided to invade Ukraine

Russia president Vladimir Putin sat observing the aggressive war exercises on screens on Saturday along with the president of neighbouring Belarus Alexander Lukashenko

Daily Mirror

Russia launches hypersonic missiles in nuclear drills as ‘show of strength’ amid Ukraine tensions

Ballistic and cruise missiles hit sea and land-based targets in practice launches overseen by Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko

The Independent UK

Last-ditch effort to avert Ukraine catastrophe

Russian President Vladimir Putin launched exercises by strategic nuclear missile forces on Saturday and Washington said Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s border were “poised to strike”.

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Images show military activity in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia - satellite firm

Satellite imagery taken this week shows military activity in multiple locations across Belarus, the annexed Crimea region of Ukraine and western Russia near Ukraine's border, a private U.S. company said on Friday.

Reuters

British embassy in Ukraine moved out of Kiev as invasion fears mount

The Foreign Office is also advising people not to travel to Belarus or an area of Moldova that neighbours Ukraine

The Independent UK

UK ambassador ‘temporarily relocates’ from Kiev amid fears of Russian invasion

The FCDO has also warned against all but essential travel to Belarus and the Transnistria region of Moldova

Evening Standard

UK advises against any travel to Belarus as car bomb explodes in east Ukraine

The travel ban comes after months of growing tensions in the region as the threat of Russian invasion remains higher than ever despite promises from Moscow to withdraw troops

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin to oversee missile firing as fears of Ukraine invasion grow

Russian President Vladimir Putin will oversee exercises involving aerospace forces, strategic missile command, Northern and Black Sea fleets and the Southern Military District

Daily Mirror

Lukashenko expects Russia to build a port for Belarus potash exports

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko expects Russia to build a new Baltic Sea port for exports of Belarusian potash which were hit by Western sanctions, he said on Friday after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Reuters

Belarus leader expected to join Putin for strategic nuclear drills

Alexander Lukashenko to join Russian leader for exercises at which ballistic and cruise missiles will be launched

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EU mulls new measures against Belarus, withdrew some staff from Kyiv - sources

The European Union is considering new restrictive measures to close loopholes on existing sanctions against Belarus, diplomats said, an issue that is likely to come up at a meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers on Monday.

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Trudy Rubin: Russian grab of Belarus is the role model for Putin’s plans for Ukraine

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Three cheers to the White House and NATO for calling out Kremlin lies this week about withdrawing troops from Ukraine’s borders — along with falsehoods meant to justify a possible new attack on eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Lukashenko arrives for talks with Putin on Russian force presence

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko landed in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin that Minsk said could determine how much longer Russian military forces remain in the ex-Soviet republic north of Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

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’.

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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

France 24

As it happened: Russia-backed rebels evacuate civilians in east Ukraine

Several Russian infantry units returned to their bases in Dagestan and Chechnya after completing drills in Crimea, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying on Friday. Pro-Russian separatists accused the Ukrainian military of shelling in eastern Ukraine, while Ukraine’s military said it has recorded dozens of ceasefire…

Reuters

Russian military in Belarus threatens Baltics and Poland, says Lithuanian president

Russia has amassed 45,000 soldiers in Belarus and their presence is threatening to Baltic states and Poland, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Britain steps up Ukraine warnings despite assurance from Moscow

Analysis: evidence contrasts with statements from Russia that troops are being sent back to barracks

Evening Standard

UK defence chiefs: The seven invasion routes which Russia may use to attack Ukraine

The MoD graphic shows how Russian forces could surge into Ukraine from Belarus in the north, Crimea in the south, or Russia in the west

Axios

Satellite images show new military bridge near Ukraine amid Russian buildup

Images show that a new military pontoon bridge has been built over the Pripyat River in Belarus.

The Independent UK

Belarus says it could host nuclear weapons if it faces western threat

Alexander Lukashenko said he may consider buying several Russian S-400 missile systems

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