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EXPLAINER: Putin’s Ukraine strategy mixes threats, diplomacy

With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow’s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing

The Independent UK

Brussels Accuses Moscow of Trying to Divide Europeans

The European Union on Thursday accused Russia, as the Ukraine crisis churned, of trying to divide EU members by sending letters to individual countries seeking clarification of their stance on a principle of international security. The EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said he had responded to the letters sent…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden Urges Americans to Leave Ukraine as Fears of Russian Invasion Mount

US President Joe Biden urged Americans Thursday to immediately leave Ukraine, as Russia's live-fire drills and build-up of troops around the ex-Soviet state deepened fears of an invasion. Washington-Moscow tensions are at their highest since the Cold War, with some US estimates saying some 130,000 Russian soldiers are grouped in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Divided Odesa provides fertile ground for Russia-Ukraine enmity

Port city with sizeable pro-Moscow population finds itself at conflict’s front line

Financial Times

Russia and China’s Growing ‘Friendship’ Is More a Public Relations Exercise Than a New World Order

Beijing treads a fine line between targeting individual European states and portraying itself as Europe’s peaceful partner.

The News Lens

Ukraine news – live: Wallace says ‘whiff of Munich’ in West’s response to Russia as invasion ‘highly likely’

UK claims Moscow capable of launching an offensive ‘at any time’

The Independent UK

Defence Secretary set for Moscow trip in effort to quell Ukraine border tensions

Ben Wallace will meet his Russian counterpart after Boris Johnson insisted Vladimir Putin must not be allowed to ‘bully’ eastern Europe.

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Russia, UK, trade barbs during Moscow talks about Ukraine crisis

Lavrov says ‘facts’ presented by his team ‘bounced off’ their British counterparts as Truss threatened tough sanctions.

Al Jazeera

PM fears Europe on ‘precipice’ as Russia expands forces on Ukraine’s borders

On a day of rushed British diplomacy, military analysts estimate Moscow has now assembled a force capable of invading

The Guardian - UK

Undiplomatic: Russia’s Sergei Lavrov says Liz Truss Moscow meeting was like ‘talking to a deaf person’

Foreign secretary was in Moscow to talk about the Ukraine crisis

The Independent UK

Russian foreign minister clashes with ‘deaf’ Truss as Ukraine talks stall in Moscow

Russia’s foreign minister claimed speaking to British foreign secretary Liz Truss is like “the deaf talking to the blind” as talks over the Ukraine crisis stalled in Moscow.

Evening Standard

Scholz warns Russia over Ukraine, but says "we want peace"

Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Russia of economic and political consequences should it ramp up military aggression toward Ukraine, adding that Germany and its allies were ready for dialogue with Moscow and wanted peace.

Reuters

What is the cause of the tensions surrounding Ukraine?

The current difficulties date back to the overthrow in 2014 of the pro-Moscow Ukrainian government of Viktor Yanukovych.

The Independent UK

In Moscow, Macron found a different, tougher Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin spent much of his marathon talks with France's Emmanuel Macron this week on the Ukraine crisis reciting grievances that date back to the end of the Cold War, two sources in the French leader's entourage said.

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How a German 'climate' fund set out to help Russia dodge U.S. sanctions

A German politician set up a state-backed foundation with Russian energy company Gazprom last year to help Moscow avoid U.S. sanctions on a pipeline due to carry Russian gas to Europe.

The Guardian - UK

Under my leadership, Labour’s commitment to Nato is unshakable

Our party was foundational in forming the postwar alliance, which – as Ukraine shows – remains essential today, says Labour leader Keir Starmer

Evening Standard

Russia to Truss: It’s like speaking to a deaf person

The diplomatic moves on the UK’s side feel like they’ve ratcheted up this week. Our newish Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, met with perhaps the most experienced foreign minister in the world, Russia’s Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow today.

Radio France Internationale

France, NATO denounce 'violent' Russia-Belarus drills

France has denounced joint Russian military exercises with Belarus as "a very violent gesture" at a time when Moscow's troop build-up continues on neighbouring Ukraine's borders.

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The Independent UK

Johnson warns of ‘dangerous moment’ in Ukraine tensions

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned of ‘serious bloodshed’ if Russia invades Ukraine.

Tribune News Service

Russia starts major military drills in Belarus as NATO watches

Russia and Belarus began their largest joint military drills in years Thursday, watched closely by the U.S. and Europe amid tensions over neighboring Ukraine.

Evening Standard

Evening Standard Comment: Keir Starmer is demonstrating that Labour is under new management

It is another busy day of diplomacy on the Russia-Ukraine front. Liz Truss is in Moscow for talks with her Russian counterpart, while Boris Johnson heads to Warsaw to meet with the Polish president and prime minister, before spending time with UK troops.

Asharq Al-Awsat

NATO Chief Calls Russian Naval Exercises ‘A Dangerous Moment for European Security'

Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills on Thursday, scheduled to continue until February 20. The exercises have raised concerns in Western countries, with fears that Moscow is plotting a major escalation in the conflict in Ukraine. Russia hit back at the UK’s warnings on Russian activity, saying that Russian…

Daily Record

Boris Johnson warns Europe faces 'most dangerous moment in decades' over Ukraine

The Prime Minister was at the Nato headquarters in Brussels as Foreign Secretary Liz Truss talked directly to her Russian counterpart in Moscow about the growing Ukraine crisis.

Reuters

Ukraine says Russian drills in Black Sea made shipping 'virtually impossible'

Ukraine criticized Russian naval exercises near its southern coast on Thursday, saying the presence of warships were part of a "hybrid war" that had made navigation in the Black Sea and Azov Sea virtually impossible.

Reuters

Russia says security talks will fail if EU gives collective response to proposals

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday said a collective response from the European Union to Russian security proposals would lead to a breakdown in talks, but insisted Moscow was in favour of diplomacy to ease tensions over Ukraine.

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