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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

EU Parliament chief 'not convinced' by Russian military pullback claim

As Russian military movements close to the Ukrainian border continue to be a major global concern, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola tells FRANCE 24 she is doubtful about Moscow's claims that its troops are moving away from the frontier. The top EU lawmaker reaffirms that "if the…

France 24

Pro-Russian separatists order mass evacuation of eastern Ukraine

Warnings of imminent assault by Ukrainian forces fuels fears Moscow is seeking to create pretext for invasion

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Cartooning for Peace: The Ukrainian crisis, from escalation to 'de-escalation'

Moscow announced again Friday that it was withdrawing tanks deployed near the Ukrainian border but Western allies still fear an attack.

France 24

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

Ukraine says world must condemn Russian actions in its east

Ukraine on Friday called on the international community to condemn what it said were provocations by Russia in separatist-held eastern Ukrainian areas, saying that Moscow would only escalate the situation further if it did not.

Reuters

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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

Ukraine: the crisis that brought the west together

As Kyiv confronts the possibility of Russian invasion, Vladimir Putin’s opponents have had an unexpected bonus

The Guardian - UK

Russia's military: Once unwieldy and dated, now streamlined and lethal

In this edition of Tech 24, we compare the two militaries of Russia and Ukraine, as fears of an invasion remain high. It's no surprise that the Russian arsenal far outstrips Ukraine's in terms of numbers, but Moscow has also come a long way in modernising its weaponry and support…

France 24

Putin says Russia must enhance economic sovereignty due to sanctions threat

President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia needed to work on increasing its economic sovereignty and that the West would always find a pretext to impose sanctions on Moscow.

Reuters

Putin tells Ukraine to sit down for talks with Moscow-backed separatists

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Ukraine on Friday to sit down for negotiations with Moscow-backed separatists in Ukraine's east, citing rising tensions in the region and calling for the implementation of the Minsk peace process.

Reuters

Latvia urges West to keep talking to Moscow to make an attack more difficult

The West needs to keep talking to Russia to make it more difficult for Moscow to launch an attack on Ukraine, Latvia said on Friday, as two days of increased shelling in eastern Ukraine sparked fears a Russian invasion could be imminent.

Reuters

Pro-Russia rebels evacuate civilians from east Ukraine as the West fears imminent invasion

US and UK warn that Moscow may use increased shelling in eastern Ukraine as a ‘pretext’ to invade

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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.

Bangkok Post

Putin to oversee ‘strategic’ missile drills

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Saturday will oversee military drills involving Russian “strategic forces” which will include ballistic and cruise missile launches, the defence ministry said.

Financial Times

Kaja Kallas: ‘There is a certain naivety towards Russia’

The Estonian prime minister on the Baltic state’s precarious position and why many European nations misread Moscow

Al Jazeera

Russia: Putin to oversee huge nuclear drills amid Ukraine tension

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

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Evening Standard

Russia and Ukraine should make us rethink our approach to defence and energy

The barrages and counter-battery fire of propaganda and accusations of “false flag” operations have begun in Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have been charged with shelling a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska. Moscow has declared that such unprovoked action against Russian separatists may need “military-technical action” in response — in other words, war.

Dynamite News

Russia welcomes India's position on Ukraine situation

Russia on Friday welcomed India's position on the Ukraine crisis, amid spike in tensions between the NATO countries and Moscow over the situation in the eastern European nation.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin to watch Russian nuclear missile tests amid fears of Ukraine attack

Vladimir Putin is set to oversee nuclear missile tests on Saturday amid fears he will green light an invasion of Ukraine in the coming days

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.

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…

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Germany Accuses Russia of 'Cold War Demands' before Security Conference

Germany accused Russia on Friday of endangering Europe's security with demands that recall the Cold War, as Western leaders arrived for a Munich Security Conference set to be dominated by the Ukraine crisis. Fears are growing in the West that Russia is on the verge of invading its neighbor, with…

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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