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'Putin is looking for an element of operational surprise' in Ukraine crisis, says expert

The West is concerned that Russia is seeking a pretext to invade Ukraine. After the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatist forces traded accusations over shelling in the eastern part of the country on Thursday, former intelligence officer and now senior fellow at the Brookings Institute Fiona Hill told FRANCE 24…

France 24

Russia and Ukraine should make us rethink our approach to defence and energy

The barrages and counter-battery fire of propaganda and accusations of “false flag” operations have begun in Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have been charged with shelling a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska. Moscow has declared that such unprovoked action against Russian separatists may need “military-technical action” in response — in other words, war.

Evening Standard

Trudy Rubin: Russian grab of Belarus is the role model for Putin’s plans for Ukraine

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Three cheers to the White House and NATO for calling out Kremlin lies this week about withdrawing troops from Ukraine’s borders — along with falsehoods meant to justify a possible new attack on eastern Ukraine.

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Boris Johnson jets to Munich for security speech as fears mount of Russia-Ukraine war

The Prime Minister is due to fly to the Munich Security Conference as tensions grip Europe - with Whitehall figures now said to be convinced Vladimir Putin will order Kremlin forces to attack

Daily Mirror

Government could revoke existing ‘golden’ visas given to oligarchs living in UK, says minister

Boris Johnson facing calls to ‘kick out associates of the Kremlin’

The Independent UK

Vladimir Putin to watch Russian nuclear missile tests amid fears of Ukraine attack

Vladimir Putin is set to oversee nuclear missile tests on Saturday amid fears he will green light an invasion of Ukraine in the coming days

Daily Mirror

Lukashenko arrives for talks with Putin on Russian force presence

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko landed in Moscow on Friday for talks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin that Minsk said could determine how much longer Russian military forces remain in the ex-Soviet republic north of Ukraine.

Reuters

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Joe Biden ‘convinced’ Russia will invade as UK embassy relocates from Ukraine’s capital

Kremlin rattled already frayed tensions with the West by announcing plans to stage massive drills of Russia’s nuclear forces

Evening Standard

Latest Ukraine updates: US says Putin made decision to invade

Russia-Ukraine news from February 18: Biden says Moscow has plan to attack Kyiv in ‘coming days’.

Al Jazeera

Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

The Guardian - US

U.S. denounces Bolsonaro's 'solidarity' with Russia as Ukraine crisis brews

The United States on Thursday criticized Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's declaration of "solidarity" with Russia during a visit there this week as it amassed troops near Ukraine's borders, raising fears it is planning to invade.

Reuters

Ukraine crisis: Blinken and Lavrov agree to meeting as tensions reach ‘moment of peril’

Senior figures to meet next week amid US warnings that Vladimir Putin could give order to invade within days

The Guardian - AU

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken warned Thursday that Russia “is preparing to launch an attack” against Ukraine, echoing earlier comments from U.S. and Western officials who said an invasion could come any day and that Moscow would seek to use disinformation to create a pretext for such…

Los Angeles Times

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

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France 24

As it happened: Russia-backed rebels evacuate civilians in east Ukraine

Several Russian infantry units returned to their bases in Dagestan and Chechnya after completing drills in Crimea, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s defence ministry as saying on Friday. Pro-Russian separatists accused the Ukrainian military of shelling in eastern Ukraine, while Ukraine’s military said it has recorded dozens of ceasefire…

The Independent UK

US Senate approves resolution for Ukraine, warning Russia

The U.S. Senate is sending a show of support for an independent Ukraine

Axios

U.S. says Putin is putting Ukraine invasion plan in motion

“If Russia doesn’t invade, we will be relieved that [Putin] proved our predictions wrong."

The Independent UK

The AP Interview: Fiona Hill says Putin has host of options

Fiona Hill, a Russia scholar who has served in the past three U.S. administrations, is offering a sober assessment of the Ukraine crisis

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Foreign Affairs

What If Russia Wins?

A Kremlin-Controlled Ukraine Would Transform Europe

Tribune News Service

Analysis: Trump is giving Biden a pass as Russia threatens Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has mostly given President Joe Biden a pass over Russia’s flirtation with invading Ukraine and possibly installing a puppet government in Kyiv.

Los Angeles Times

US and NATO officials ramp up warnings of potential Russian aggression in Ukraine

AAP

Morrison warns Ukraine invasion 'imminent'

Prime Minister Scott Morrison hopes conflict between Russia and Ukraine will not occur, but says "what we are seeing leads us to fear the worst".

Al Jazeera

Q&A: Ukraine invasion an ‘obsession’ for Vladimir Putin

Andriy Zagorodnyuk tells Al Jazeera Russian president will ‘try to get his hands on Ukraine’ as long as he’s alive.

The Guardian - UK

‘London laundromat’: how golden visa scheme created UK haven for dirty money

Wealthy investors, many with links to Putin, could gain open access to the UK business and social scene under 2008 scheme

The Hindu

Is the post-Cold War security order changing?

The Ukraine crisis has brought the unstable security architecture in Europe to the fore of U.S.-Russia ties

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