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Factbox-What are the Minsk agreements on the Ukraine conflict?

U.S. authorities have warned Russia not to invade Ukraine and urged both countries to return to a set of agreements designed to end a separatist war by Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters

Still strong concern that Russia intends to invade Ukraine, says Wallace

As the military build up continues, No 10 says there remains a ‘window for diplomacy’ to resolve the crisis and avert war.

The Independent UK

Factbox-How separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine have grown closer to Russia

Moscow has cultivated close ties with pro-Russian separatists controlling swathes of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine but denies being a party to their nearly eight-year war with Ukrainian government forces.

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Ukraine: UK ready to launch retaliatory cyber-attacks on Russia, defence secretary tells MPs

‘I’m a soldier, I was always taught the best part of defence is offence,’ says Ben Wallace – pointing to new ‘offensive cyber capability’

The Independent UK

Ukraine requests urgent UNSC talks on de-escalating crisis

KYIV: Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday he had asked member states of the United Nations Security Council to hold urgent discussions on practical steps to guarantee his country's security and on de-escalating the tensions with Russia.

Bangkok Post

Pakistani prime minister to fly to Moscow to meet Putin this week

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan will fly to Moscow this week to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Islamabad confirmed on Monday - the first such trip by a Pakistani leader in two decades.

Reuters

Ukraine requests urgent UN Security Council talks on de-escalating crisis

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday he had asked member states of the U.N. Security Council to hold urgent discussions on practical steps to guarantee his country's security and on de-escalating the tensions with Russia.

Reuters

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Self-absorbed West needs reality check on actual existential threats

Racism, discrimination and crime are all worth worrying about – but, unlike Russia, they hardly have the potential to cause a major (and potentially nuclear) war.

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Russia to decide on recognising Ukraine's breakaway regions on Monday - Putin

President Vladimir Putin said Russia would decide later on Monday whether or not to recognise two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.

Reuters

Russian spy chief Naryshkin accuses U.S. of war propaganda

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Sergei Naryshkin on Monday said Western accusations that Russia plans to attack Ukraine are war propaganda cooked up in the U.S. State Department.

Reuters

Johnson and Biden ‘risk being boys who cried wolf’ over Russia invasion claims

Daniel Williams, a Briton living in Ukraine, said Vladimir Putin and Russia may have a longer term goal than an imminent invasion.

The Independent UK

Fears of Ukraine invasion grow as Putin recognises two breakaway Russian-backed regions as independent

West fears change of position by Kremlin on Lukansk and Donetsk could be precursor to the deployment of troops

Evening Standard

France invited Russia's Lavrov to Paris for talks on Ukraine- foreign ministry

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian invited his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for a meeting in Paris on Friday in order to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, France's foreign ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

Russia claims it killed 5 Ukrainian troops crossing border as U.S. warns of "false flags"

Ukraine has vehemently denied all allegations that it is attacking Russia.

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Russia's Medvedev says Moscow may have to recognise two breakaway regions in east Ukraine

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Monday said Moscow may have to recognise the independence of two breakaway republics in eastern Ukraine if the situation there does not improve, something he considers unlikely.

Reuters

Russia's Shoigu says Ukraine has built up serious forces near breakaway regions

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday told President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine had built up serious forces near breakaway regions in the east of the country and may be preparing to try and take them back by force, something Kyiv has repeatedly denied.

Reuters

The outlook is grim, Western officials say on Russia-Ukraine

Western concerns that Russia will invade Ukraine have only grown in recent days and the outlook looks grim, three Western officials said on Monday.

Reuters

Putin says Macron told him Ukraine leadership is ready to implement Minsk peace deal

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday said his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had told him Ukraine's leadership was ready to implement the Minsk peace process and was working on fresh ideas to hold elections in two breakaway regions.

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EU sanctions package on Russia includes Nord Stream 2, Austria says

A package of sanctions prepared by the European Union in case Russia invades Ukraine includes measures targeting the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline connecting Russia to Germany, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Monday.

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Putin says Macron told him U.S. has changed stance on Russia's security demands

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron had told him there had been a change in Washington's stance on Russian security demands, but that he did not know what it was.

Al Jazeera

Why most Ukrainians don’t believe Biden’s warnings, distrust West

A recent poll suggests just 20 percent think an invasion will happen soon, in line with some Ukrainian leaders.

Reuters

Putin says recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions needs to be considered

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told his security council it was necessary to consider an appeal from the leaders of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine for Russia to recognise them as independent.

The Guardian - UK

UK petrol and diesel prices hit record highs amid claims of profiteering

RAC attacks big retailers for pushing up cost of living as oil prices soar because of Russia-Ukraine crisis

The Independent UK

UK diplomacy offers nothing to resolve Ukraine crisis, Russian ambassador claims

Moscow’s ambassador Andrei Kelin criticised Liz Truss and claimed France and Germany were doing more to resolve the crisis.

Reuters

Leaders of rebel-held regions in east Ukraine ask Putin to recognise them as independent

The leaders of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic, on Monday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognise them as independent.

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