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Latest updates: Move comes as some airlines scrap flights amid tensions; Ben Wallace returning to UK due to situation

Two leaders agree in phone call on both carrot and stick in response to Russian military buildup, White House says.

The Foreign Office urged UK nationals to ‘leave now while commercial means are still available’.

Foreign Office warns against all travel to country as White House says ‘we are in the window of when an invasion begins at any time’

Defence secretary says Moscow has given assurances it is not planning invasion as he warns of consequences

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said he took Russian assurances that Moscow will not invade Ukraine seriously, but that he wanted to see accompanying action and hoped his talks in Moscow on Friday had helped reduce tensions. Wallace met Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu as Russia holds huge military exercises…

Following talks in Moscow, the Defence Secretary said Russian assurances they were not planning an attack would be judged ‘by the evidence’.

British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said British troops sent to Ukraine for training purposes would return soon and that he hoped his talks with Russia's defence minister on Friday had contributed to a de-escalation in the standoff over Ukraine.

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his British counterpart Ben Wallace that his ministry was ready to consider resuming cooperation with Britain on military issues, RIA news agency reported on Friday, citing a defence ministry statement.