Macron and Kremlin spar over outcome of meeting on Ukraine
Moscow dismisses French president’s claim that Putin pledged not to escalate crisis.
Russia risks another ‘bleeding wound’ in Ukraine
Poland braces for ‘up to a million people’ fleeing war in Ukraine
Germany to deploy 350 troops to Lithuania to try to reassure allies
UK to send 350 more troops to Polish border amid Russia tensions
Sorry, Mr. Putin. Ukraine and Russia are not the same country.
Olaf Scholz’s hard lessons in German leadership
The former chancellor is already chairman of Nord Stream and a good friend of Vladimir Putin.
Olaf Scholz confirms meeting with Vladimir Putin on February 15
German chancellor will travel to Kyiv then Moscow, says government spokesman.
Russia, China call for halt to NATO enlargement
Friendship between Moscow and Beijing ‘has no limits’ and there are ‘no forbidden areas of cooperation,’ joint statement reads.
Partygate fallout — Estonian PM Kaja Kallas — Cecilia Malmström on EU trade
This week, a tale of two (very different) crises: the Partygate scandal threatening Boris Johnson and the continuing tension over Ukraine. We hear from Estonian PM Kaja …
NATO chief: Russian deployment in Belarus ‘biggest since Cold War’
Jens Stoltenberg warns West must be ‘prepared for the worst.’
White House stops using ‘imminent’ to describe Russian threat
“I think it sent a message that we weren’t intending to send,” said White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
UK’s Johnson tells Putin Ukraine invasion would be ‘tragic miscalculation’
Downing Street says UK leader and Russian president agreed it was ‘in no one’s interest’ to allow situation to worsen.
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