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Analysis-Kremlin watchers detect signs Putin wants to defuse Ukraine crisis

Behind his latest outbursts against NATO and doomsday warnings to the West, there are tentative signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin is keen to avoid an escalation of the Ukraine crisis and seek some form of accommodation with the West.

Reuters · Feb 8, 2022

Macron claims Putin gave him personal assurances on Ukraine

French president’s statement that Russian leader vowed not to escalate crisis met with scepticism in Kyiv

The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2022

Kremlin Denies Putin Promised Not to Hold Maneuvers Near Ukraine

The Kremlin denied on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin had promised French President Emmanuel Macron that Russia would stage no further maneuvers near Ukraine for now, pouring cold water on a tentative French assertion of diplomatic progress. Macron, who visited Moscow on Monday, is the highest ranking Western leader to have…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 8, 2022

UK sends 350 troops to Poland as fears mount that Russia will invade Ukraine

There will now be 450 British troops in Poland as fears continue to mount about large numbers of Russian troops massed near the Ukrainian border

Daily Mirror · Feb 7, 2022

Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust

French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin at the start of talks in the Kremlin on Monday that he aimed to avoid war and build trust.

Reuters · Feb 7, 2022

Commentary: Not all Russians buy Putin’s warmongering

MOSCOW — In May 1993, Estonia’s first post-Soviet leader Lennart Meri — a wise man with bitter experience of life in the Soviet Union — told the visiting U.S. deputy secretary of state that Estonia urgently needed to join NATO. It was, he said, the only guarantee that Russia wouldn’t…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

Ukraine latest updates: US, Germany in ‘lockstep’, says Biden

Ukraine news from February 7: US president says allies will work together to deter Russian aggression in Europe.

Al Jazeera · Feb 7, 2022

Kremlin expects no decisive breakthrough from Putin-Macron meeting

Russia expects no decisive breakthrough from Monday's talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, but expects that Macron will propose ways to ease tensions in Europe, the Kremlin said.

Reuters · Feb 7, 2022

Paris Perspective #24: On thin ice - Europe, Ukraine and a new Cold War - Marie Dumoulin

It seems that every move Russian President Vladimir Putin makes has Western powers ever more perplexed as to what his intentions are when it comes to Ukraine. As French president Emmanuel Macron embarks on a diplomatic mission to Moscow and Kyiv, Paris Perspective looks at what's at stake amid the…

Radio France Internationale · Feb 7, 2022

Ukraine news - live: Biden and Scholz say Nord Stream 2 will end if Russia invades, as Macron meets with Putin

French president said he wants ‘trust, stability and visibility’ at Kremlin meeting

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022