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The former MP who the Foreign Office claimed could head a Vladimir Putin-backed puppet government in Kyiv is now facing a backlash

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flying to Ukraine and Russia this week in an effort to help defuse escalating tensions as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent

Vladimir Putin slams Western claims of an imminent Moscow invasion of Ukraine and seven labourers were rescued while two others were still trapped after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in India

Ben Wallace says there is a 'whiff of Munich in the air' amid efforts to halt attack

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden tried to send Vladimir Putin an ultimatum about the consequences of any invasion of Ukraine in an hourlong conversation that left both sides at an impasse and Russia’s intentions unclear.

He compared diplomatic efforts to appeasement, saying there is a ‘whiff of Munich in the air’.

US president fears ‘great suffering’ in the event of an invasion as Russia denies there are any plans for an attack

WASHINGTON — The leaders of the U.S. and Russia held an hourlong call on Saturday that made little apparent headway, with President Joe Biden warning again of “severe costs” for any invasion of Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing America of failing to provide him with the security assurances…

The US president promises a swift response if Russia invades Ukraine while Kremlin denounces US’s ‘peak hysteria’.