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Exclusive-Lithuania warns banks of cyber attacks, power cuts amid fears of war in Ukraine

Lithuania's central bank has told the country's banks to prepare for power cuts and cyberattacks as Russia's standoff with Ukraine risks spilling over into a military conflict, according to a document and two sources familiar with the matter.

Reuters

Ukraine-Russia crisis: What to know as NATO eyes Russia move

Fears among Western governments that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent have eased, but not disappeared

The Independent UK

Love Putin, MAGA heads? Then join him!

A modest proposal: Chunks of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi can join Putin's faux-NATO group. It's a win-win!

Salon

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US and NATO Say Russia Is Building up Troops Near Ukraine, Not Withdrawing

The United States and NATO said Russia was still building up troops around Ukraine on Wednesday despite Moscow's insistence it was pulling back, questioning President Vladimir Putin's stated desire to negotiate a solution to the crisis. In Ukraine, where people raised flags and played the national anthem to show unity…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cabinet office seeks to clarify whether partygate photos sent to Met will be made public – as it happened

Cabinet office says release of photos could lead to identification of those involved in gatherings under investigation

The Guardian - UK

‘We Fear No One:’ Ukrainians Raise Flags to Defy Russia Invasion Fear

Ukrainians raised national flags and played the country's anthem on Wednesday to show unity against fears of a Russian invasion that Western powers have said could be imminent. The yellow and blue banner fluttered outside schools, hospitals and many shops to mark "Unity Day," a holiday President Volodymyr Zelenskiy created…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Movement of Russian forces alone does not confirm withdrawal, NATO says

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg urged Moscow again on Wednesday to prove that it is pulling back troops amid tensions over a military build-up on Ukraine's borders, saying soldiers and tanks often move about.

Reuters

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Russia's military build-up near Ukraine is growing, not shrinking, warns West

There is a growing Russian military presence at Ukraine's borders, Western countries warned on Wednesday, as Estonia said battle groups were moving ahead of a likely attack to occupy "key terrain," contradicting Moscow's insistence of a pullback.

Reuters

Latest Ukraine Updates: NATO says no sign of Russia de-escalation

Ukraine news from February 16: NATO says no sign of Russian de-escalation, considers reinforcing southeastern flank.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine invasion: No attack overnight as Putin's '3am deadline' passes

The UK's Ben Wallace is meeting with other NATO defence ministers to discuss the build up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine as a feared 3am deadline for invasion passed

Daily Mirror

NATO says Russia appears to be continuing military escalation in Ukraine

Although Russia on Wednesday said military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea had ended and that soldiers were returning to their garrisons, the NATO chief said it seemed that Russia was continuing its military build-up. As US reports suggested Russian forces could attack as early as February 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…

France 24

Russia makes moves to ease Ukraine tensions; West skeptical

Russia has made two overtures to ease tensions around Ukraine

The Independent UK

Risk of a Ukraine war spreading in Europe rests on unknowns

A Russian invasion and takeover of Ukraine would deliver a blow to European order like none since World War II

The Independent UK

Amid Russia’s claims of troop pullback, Biden warns Ukraine invasion ‘distinctly possible’

KYIV, Ukraine — Even as Moscow claimed it was withdrawing troops near Ukraine on Tuesday, signaling a possible easing of tensions with the West, President Joe Biden warned that an invasion by Russian forces was “distinctly possible” in a standoff that has ignited concerns over a new and dangerous Cold…

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Reuters

In joust with Putin, Germany's Scholz displays more assertive style

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has faced accusations of weak leadership in the Ukraine crisis and of being too soft on Russia, but his unexpectedly combative stance in talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin has earned him plaudits.

Pedestrian.tv

Get Up To Speed: Why Has Russia Invaded Ukraine And How Did It Come To This?

Russia and Ukraine have been in the news a lot this year so what is actually going on and what is going to happen next?

Foreign Affairs

The Less Said About NATO and Ukraine, the Better

Neither Membership nor Neutrality Is the Answer

Daily Mirror

Ukraine on a knife-edge amid fears of war despite Moscow claiming to back off

Ukraine was on a knife-edge amid fears of an early hours invasion from Russia despite recent claims coming from Moscow that they maybe deescalating and easing tensions

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Biden says Russian invasion of Ukraine ‘very much a possibility,’ holds out hope for diplomacy

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine was “still very much a possibility,” even as he encouraged signals from Vladimir Putin that Moscow would return to the negotiating table.

Reuters

U.S. troops heading from Germany to Slovakia for planned NATO drills

The first part of a planned contingent of 2,000 U.S. troops and hundreds of vehicles entered the Czech Republic from Germany on Tuesday en route eastwards to Slovakia for NATO's Saber Strike military drills, a Reuters witness said.

Reuters

Biden to Putin: Step back from the brink of war with Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden made an impassioned appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to step back from war with Ukraine on Tuesday, speaking starkly of the "needless death and destruction" Moscow could cause and international outrage Putin would face.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Says it Pulls Back Some Troops, Ukraine and West Want Proof

Russia said on Tuesday some of its troops were returning to base after exercises near Ukraine and mocked Western warnings about a looming invasion, but NATO and the United States said they had yet to see any evidence of a de-escalation that could avert war. President Vladimir Putin said Russia…

Al Jazeera

Putin says he wants Ukraine NATO question resolved ‘now’

Russia’s president says Western assurances Kyiv will not join NATO military alliance are unsatisfactory.

Reuters

Ukraine says it and NATO should determine membership

Only Ukraine and NATO should determine Kyiv's bid to join the alliance, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said after meeting his Italian counterpart Luigi Di Maio in Kyiv on Tuesday.

Axios

Putin confirms "partial withdrawal" of troops but signals threat not over

He also said he was prepared to re-enter security negotiations with the U.S. and NATO.

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