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Ukrainian Rebels Evacuate Civilians to Russia amid Crisis

Spiking tensions in eastern Ukraine on Friday aggravated Western fears of a Russian invasion and a new war in Europe, with a humanitarian convoy hit by shelling and pro-Russian rebels evacuating civilians from the conflict zone. A car bombing hit the eastern city of Donetsk, but no casualties were reported.…

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Putin Tells Russian Government to House People Leaving Donbass

President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the Russian government to house and feed people leaving two self-proclaimed east Ukrainian breakaway republics once they arrived in southern Russia. Russian-backed separatists announced the sudden surprise evacuation of their regions earlier on Friday, a shock turn in a conflict the West believes Moscow…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

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Western sanctions on Russia may have to deal with unconventional invasion - official

Russia is ready to invade Ukraine but the Kremlin could use an unconventional attack on its former Soviet neighbour which might require the West to make a swift judgement call on the imposition of Russian sanctions, a senior Western official said.

Reuters

Kremlin foe Navalny's brother thought to have left Russia - Ifax

Russia believes jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's brother, who is wanted by authorities in Moscow, left the country for Cyprus last year and has not returned, Interfax news agency cited a court in Russia as saying on Friday.

Reuters

Russia: Putin to oversee huge nuclear drills amid Ukraine tension

Saturday’s exercise will involve practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles.

Al Jazeera

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.

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Boris Johnson jets to Munich for security speech as fears mount of Russia-Ukraine war

The Prime Minister is due to fly to the Munich Security Conference as tensions grip Europe - with Whitehall figures now said to be convinced Vladimir Putin will order Kremlin forces to attack

Daily Mirror

Government could revoke existing ‘golden’ visas given to oligarchs living in UK, says minister

Boris Johnson facing calls to ‘kick out associates of the Kremlin’

The Independent UK

Joe Biden ‘convinced’ Russia will invade as UK embassy relocates from Ukraine’s capital

Kremlin rattled already frayed tensions with the West by announcing plans to stage massive drills of Russia’s nuclear forces

Evening Standard

Ukraine Crisis Takes Center Stage at Munich Security Conference

World leaders converge this weekend on Germany for the annual Munich Security Conference which will be dominated by the Ukraine crisis as major Western powers warn the Kremlin looks close to launching an invasion of the former Soviet state. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, US Vice President Kamala Harris and NATO…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine crisis takes centre stage at Munich Security Conference

Reuters

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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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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

Los Angeles Times

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

Los Angeles Times

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

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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…

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Fiona Hill says Putin has host of options

Fiona Hill, a Russia scholar who has served in the past three U.S. administrations, is offering a sober assessment of the Ukraine crisis

Foreign Affairs

What If Russia Wins?

A Kremlin-Controlled Ukraine Would Transform Europe

Los Angeles Times

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

The Independent UK

West accuses Russia of ‘false flag’ attacks inside Ukraine as Biden expects Kremlin to strike ‘within days’

US says a pretext for action could include ‘a fabricated terrorist bombing in Russia, the discovery of a mass grave, or a fake, or real, chemical weapons attack’

The Conversation

Ukraine: what would a Russian invasion actually look like? These are the three most likely scenarios

Despite suggestions to the contrary from the Kremlin, Ukraine remains surrounded by Russian troops, both along its long border with Russia and from within occupied Crimea. The Russian Federation has deployed land, air and naval forces that give the Kremlin a range of possibilities should it seek to initiate military…

The Independent UK

‘Creating chaos’: Russia fans flames in the Balkans to threaten EU and Nato

While all eyes are on Ukraine, Moscow’s manoeuvring in southeast Europe has stirred ethnic tensions and risks threatening fragile peace in several states, writes Borzou Daragahi

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