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As the West sounds the alarm about the Kremlin ordering troops into eastern Ukraine and decries an invasion, Russian state media paints a completely different picture

A former head of the Royal Navy revealed the flotilla of Kremlin vessels was due to carry out exercises above submarine links - until Dublin protested

While Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent this week, pro-Russia online disinformation campaigners unleashed numerous images and videos depicting Ukraine as the aggressor. Their often crude efforts were promptly dismantled by experts and fact-checkers. But for Moscow, quantity overrides quality concerns.

Analysts and officials expecting retaliations from Kremlin-linked cyber groups after imposition of sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday expressed his disappointment to Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan at what he said were attempts by the U.S. and NATO to ignore Russia's legitimate security demands, Interfax cited the Kremlin as saying.

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries asked Ofcom to review the operation of the channel.

President says US ‘will not hesitate to take further steps if Russia continues to escalate’ – follow the day’s news

Britain accused Russian news channel RT on Wednesday of being a tool of a Kremlin disinformation campaign and asked the UK media regulator to take action if needed after Russia recognised two rebel regions of eastern Ukraine.

Cyber security expert said the public should be ‘psychologically resilient about the prospect of cyber attacks’

Boris Johnson said Ofcom has been asked to look at the Kremlin-controlled channel, which Labour said is being used as Putin's "personal propaganda tool"

Britain announces more military aid to Ukraine after sanctions imposed on Putin regime