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Ukraine crisis: Emmanuel Macron calls for de-escalation as he meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow

The French president said ‘dialogue is necessary’ as he faced his Russian counterpart across a long table

Evening Standard

Macron the mediator: Can France help calm Ukraine crisis?

Emmanuel Macron is on a special trip to Moscow to meet and talk with Vladimir Putin. The mission: to try and calm matters on the Ukraine-Russia border and avoid what many analysts say is certain war. Macron is representing the EU, with France holding the rotating presidency. What influence does…

France 24

Russian Ships Enter Mediterranean for Navy Drills

A group of Russian Northern Fleet ships has entered the Mediterranean Sea via Gibraltar for naval drills, Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing a fleet statement. Russian military moves are being closely scrutinized as a troop build-up near Ukraine and a volley of hawkish rhetoric have rattled the West…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Talks between Macron and Putin fail to produce Ukraine breakthrough

French president says both sides need to work quickly after five-hour session at the Kremlin

The Guardian - UK

'Where can we go?' Fear and self-defence near Ukraine's eastern frontiers

Viktor, a pensioner, goes to sleep in breakaway eastern Ukraine, listening out for shelling in case he needs to take cover. In the city of Kharkiv, Viktoria Makarova, a building firm manager, is learning to fire a rifle in case of an invasion.

Reuters

UK to send troops to Poland amid concern about Russian buildup

Britain and Poland ‘stand side by side’ as concern mounts about possible Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Macron in Moscow: Is Putin planning a war or is Ukraine a game of brinksmanship?

French President Emmanuel Macron met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday at the start of a week of intense diplomacy over fears Russia is preparing an invasion of its pro-Western neighbour Ukraine. Moscow calls the fears "hysteria", but just how worrying is the build-up of Russian troops?

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Macron Tells Putin He Seeks to Avoid War and Build Trust

French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin at the start of talks in the Kremlin on Monday that he aimed to avoid war and build trust. Macron, who is expected to seek re-election…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Tanks, tanks, tanks’: Russians on the military buildup at Ukraine’s border

Reports say troops and weapons are leaving their bases for forward staging posts in Kursk and Voronezh

The Guardian - UK

Exclusive-Senior separatist urges Russia to send 30,000 troops to east Ukraine

An influential separatist commander in eastern Ukraine has urged Russia to send 30,000 soldiers to reinforce rebel forces fighting in the breakaway Donetsk region and to operate new weapons systems he hopes Russia will supply.

Reuters

UK to send up to 350 troops to Poland as tensions with Russia rise amid Ukraine invasion fears

The UK will send up to 350 additional troops to Poland as tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine, defence secretary Ben Wallace has said.

Evening Standard

Separatist leader says full-scale war in east Ukraine could break out any time

A Russian-backed separatist leader in eastern Ukraine said on Monday that full-scale war could break out there at any time and his forces might need to turn to Moscow for support.

Reuters

Ukraine crisis: UK and UK 'working on plans for dramatic parachute drop' to deter Russia

It comes amid fears Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine, with 126,000 on the country’s eastern flank and 80,000 Moscow and Belarus soldiers to the north

Daily Mirror

Russian 'false flag plotters' accuse UK of training Polish-speaking mercenaries

Russian provocation teams claim two 20-strong units of UK-trained Polish-speaking troops are stationed in Donbas, in the latest apparent attempt to fabricate a threat of attack from Ukraine

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Ready to stay and fight, Ukrainian women take self-defence courses near Russian border

Viktoria Makarova loads her rifle and takes aim at a target across the snow-covered ground, while an instructor holds her shoulder steady for the recoil.

The Independent UK

Extra 350 British troops heading to Poland as tensions rise in eastern Europe

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that it would be a “foolish mistake” for Russia to invade Ukraine.

The Conversation

Russia and China's growing 'friendship' is more a public relations exercise than a new world order

Against the backdrop of a western diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China and Russia have marked the occasion by showing off their increasingly close relationship. Russia’s president Vladimir Putin posed for pictures with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the opening of the 2022 Winter Games, declaring their opposition…

Reuters

NATO mulls longer-term military posture in eastern Europe, Stoltenberg says

NATO is considering a longer-term military posture in eastern Europe to strengthen its defences, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, as tensions remained high over Russia's military build-up near Ukraine.

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U.S. officials head to Europe to coordinate sanctions options for Russia

A delegation of senior U.S. officials is in Europe this week to discuss coordinating potential sanctions and export-control measures the United States and its allies could take in the event that Russia invades Ukraine, an administration official told Reuters on Monday.

Al Jazeera

How do young Ukrainians and Russians feel about another war?

While tensions between Moscow and Kyiv reach boiling point, young people on both sides of the border hope for peace.

Daily Mirror

UK sends 350 troops to Poland as fears mount that Russia will invade Ukraine

There will now be 450 British troops in Poland as fears continue to mount about large numbers of Russian troops massed near the Ukrainian border

The Independent UK

UK to send 350 more troops to Poland in ‘spirit of solidarity’ as Russia tensions rise

The troops will be added to the 100 British armed forces already in Poland

Los Angeles Times

Germany's new chancellor has wobbled on Ukraine. Biden's giving him a do-over

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will host the new chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, at the White House on Monday, where the two will discuss how to aid Ukraine — and punish Russian President Vladimir Putin — if Russia invades the neighboring former Soviet republic.

The Guardian - US

Scholz and Biden warn Russia would pay ‘high price’ for Ukraine invasion – as it happened

Joe Biden issues stark advice to Americans in Ukraine: ‘Leave’

Reuters

Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust

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