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West Could Cut US Dollar Access for Russian Companies, UK’s Johnson Says

The United States and Britain would seek to cut off Russian companies' access to US dollars and British pounds if the Kremlin orders an invasion of Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC. "The plan that we are seeing is for something that could be really the biggest…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian diplomat says: U.S. and British spies can't be trusted on Ukraine

The assessments of U.S. and British spies on Ukraine cannot be trusted as they made so many grave mistakes in the run up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Russia's first deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said on Sunday.

Reuters

‘They shoot, we hide’: Life amid shelling on Ukraine’s front line

Civilians in eastern Ukraine describe fear and destruction as shelling by Russian-backed separatists escalates.

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Starmer: Russians hide cash in ‘soft touch’ UK

Labour leader accuses the Tories of failing to counter the flow of corrupt money into UK property sector

The Guardian - UK

Will the Tories hand back Russian cash as Putin threatens war?

To begin unravelling the Kremlin’s tendrils from Britain, the government must return millions in political donations

The Guardian - UK

Explosions in eastern Ukraine as UK says Russian invasion “imminent”

DONETSK, Ukraine: Multiple explosions were heard on Sunday in the centre of the separatist-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, a Reuters witness said.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine's Zelenskyy calls on Putin to meet as tensions soar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, facing a sharp spike in violence in and around territory held by Russia-backed rebels and increasingly dire warnings that Russia plans to invade, on Saturday called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and seek resolution to the crisis.

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Boris Johnson says Russian invasion of Ukraine would be biggest war in Europe since 1945

The Foreign Secretary has warned that Russia is unlikely to stop at Ukraine and called for President Vladimir Putin to be stopped.

The Independent UK

Macron and Putin to Talk as Ukraine Front Line Grows More Volatile

French President Emmanuel Macron will call Russia's Vladimir Putin on Sunday to try to avert what Western powers predict will be an imminent invasion of Ukraine. Over the weekend, civilians were evacuated from increasingly barraged front line regions where Kyiv said Saturday two of its soldiers had died in an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shelling in east Ukraine, Russia nuclear drill raise tension

Hundreds of artillery shells have exploded along the contact line between Ukrainian soldiers and Russia-backed separatists

The Independent UK

Ukraine crisis: Explosions heard in city of Donetsk as loudspeaker issues warning

A loudspeaker reportedly called on citizens of the separatist-held city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine to exercise caution as further explosions were heard this morning

Daily Mirror

Curtain falls on Beijing Olympics stalked by politics, doping scandal

Beijing handed the Olympic flag to Milan-Cortina on Sunday after a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva.

France 24

Beijing to Close Games Marked by COVID Measures, Valieva Doping Scandal

Beijing hands the Olympic flag to Milan-Cortina on Sunday after a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva. The Olympics were stalked by politics, with several countries staging a diplomatic boycott…

Asharq Al-Awsat

West would cut Russian companies' access to dollars if Ukraine is invaded, UK's Johnson says

The United States and Britain would seek to cut off Russian companies' access to U.S. dollars and British pounds if the Kremlin orders an invasion of Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC.

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Al Jazeera

France’s Macron, Russia’s Putin to hold phone call over Ukraine

Macron and Putin will have their fifth conversation this year in the latest diplomatic effort to avoid war.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia news – live: Boris Johnson warns of ‘biggest war in Europe since 1945’ as Putin tests missiles

World at ‘eleventh hour’ to avoid conflict, says PM

The Independent UK

Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

A pile of figure-skating rubble created by Russian misbehavior

Los Angeles Times

Finland defeats Russian Olympic Committee in historic upset for men’s hockey gold

BEIJING — Finland ended the Olympic hockey tournament with a historic upset, as its men’s team won gold for the first time on the strength of a fiercely contested 2-1 victory over the Russian Olympic Committee on Sunday at National Indoor Stadium.

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Ukraine temporarily closes checkpoint in Donbass due to shelling

Ukraine on Sunday suspended operations at one of the seven checkpoints to territory in the eastern Donbass region controlled by Russia-backed separatists, due to heavy shelling, the Ukrainian military said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Reaffirms Russia Could Attack Ukraine 'at Any Time'

Russia could launch an attack on Ukraine "at any time," the White House reaffirmed Saturday, as Western politicians gathered in Munich to discuss the crisis. US Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden was due to hold a rare Sunday National Security Council meeting over Russia-Ukraine tensions, having said…

Al Jazeera

Latest Ukraine updates: Macron, Putin agree to work for ceasefire

Russia-Ukraine news from February 20: Macron and Putin agree on necessity of a diplomatic solution to ongoing crisis.

France 24

Macron holds ‘last ditch’ talks with Putin, US warns Russia ‘poised to strike’ Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron had a phone conversation with Russia's Vladimir Putin on Sunday in a “last ditch” diplomatic bid to avert an invasion of Ukraine as US President Joe Biden convenes a rare Sunday meeting with his national security team amid White House warnings of an attack “at any…

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine’s leader stood on platform of peace, but finds himself on brink of war

Western governments have expressed solidarity with Volodymyr Zelenskiy but behind scenes there has been exasperation

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine Ambassador to UK Warns to Asharq Al-Awsat of Systematic Russian Attempts to Stage ‘False Flag’ Attack

Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, warned that Russia has been systematically trying to stage a false flag attack against Ukraine. The former Minister of Foreign affairs added, in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, that his country is surrounded by Russian troops on five different fronts, and that Moscow…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan in step with G7 over sanctioning Russia

Japan will in principle take concerted action with the Group of Seven nations in imposing economic sanctions on Russia if that nation invades Ukraine, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

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