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Boris Johnson to chair Cobra meeting on Ukraine crisis

Prime minister cuts short UK tour to chair emergency meeting as fears of Russian invasion grow

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2022

Ukraine's UIA airline says insurance firms end its cover in Ukrainian airspace

Ukraine International Airlines, the country's biggest carrier, said on Monday it had received official notification from insurers terminating cover of aircraft for its flights in Ukrainian airspace, amid escalating tension with Russia.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2022

Putin in principle approves Russia's reply to West on security guarantees -RIA

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved, in principle, the Foreign Ministry's responses to the West on security guarantees that Moscow is seeking, the RIA news agency cited the Kremlin as saying on Monday.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2022

Still a chance to find agreement with the West on security issues, Russia says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told President Vladimir Putin on Monday that there was still a "chance" to agree on a security stance with the West in what appeared to be a possible backtrack amid an impasse over Ukraine. Follow Monday's events as they happened below.

France 24 · Feb 14, 2022

Eastern Europe braces for refugees as Russia-Ukraine conflict simmers

Countries in Eastern Europe are making preparations for potentially hundreds of thousands of people fleeing Ukraine if the crisis with Russia escalates, with some Polish towns already listing places available and Romania considering refugee camps.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2022

Technology is revolutionizing how intelligence is gathered and analyzed – and opening a window onto Russian military activity around Ukraine

The U.S. has been warning for weeks about the possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, and threatening retaliation if it does. Just eight years after Russia’s incursion into eastern Ukraine and invasion of Crimea, Russian forces are once again mobilizing along Ukraine’s borders.

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2022

Evening Standard Comment: Diplomacy — alongside Western steadfastness — is vital over Ukraine

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has rightly won plaudits for his steadfast action during the fall of Kabul, as well as his efforts to corral a Western unity when it comes to a threatened Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022

Russia's Shoigu says some military drills have ended, others close to completion

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday told President Vladimir Putin that some of the country's military drills had already ended and others were coming to a close.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2022

Vladimir Putin has kept the world guessing — but his forces seem ready for action against Ukraine

In the tactics of psyops — psychological operations, the propaganda wars of words and messing with opponents’ minds — Vladimir Putin has been winning in the latest round of his battle for Ukraine and making Russia great again.

Evening Standard · Feb 14, 2022

Greece says two expatriates killed in eastern Ukraine, urges all Greeks to leave 'immediately'

Greece's foreign ministry said on Monday two Greek expatriates were killed and another two seriously injured in an incident involving Ukrainian soldiers in the country's east near the front line of the conflict with pro-Russian separatist forces.

Reuters · Feb 14, 2022