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Germany and Switzerland set to ease restrictions – as it happened

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The Guardian - UK

Latest Ukraine Updates: NATO says no sign of Russia de-escalation

Ukraine news from February 16: NATO says no sign of Russian de-escalation, considers reinforcing southeastern flank.

Al Jazeera

Russia says video shows tanks, military equipment leaving Crimea

Russia's defence ministry published video on Wednesday that it said showed a column of tanks and military vehicles leaving annexed Crimea across a railway bridge after drills, adding that some troops would also return to their permanent bases.

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RTE Prime Time viewers praise Sarah McInerney as 'tough cookie' after 'working her magic' in interview

The journalist spoke to the Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yury Filatov about the escalating situation in Ukraine

Irish Mirror

Ukraine crisis: Russia says it is pulling troops back from Crimea as military drills end

Russian military district units finish tactical games at ranges on the Crimean Peninsula

The Independent UK

France and US want proof of Russian troop withdrawal from Ukraine borders

French President Emmanuel Macron and his American counterpart Joe Biden agreed Tuesday on the need to verify Russian claims that it was pulling back some of the troops deployed on its borders with Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

IOC denies Richardson’s accusations of double standards over Valieva

The IOC has dismissed claims that a double standard was applied to US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson compared to Russian skater Kamila Valieva

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Russia-Ukraine invasion: No attack overnight as Putin's '3am deadline' passes

The UK's Ben Wallace is meeting with other NATO defence ministers to discuss the build up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine as a feared 3am deadline for invasion passed

Daily Mirror

Oil Prices Hold Steady as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Cool

Oil prices steadied on Wednesday after retreating more than 3% in the previous session as investors gauged the impact of easing Russia-Ukraine tension against a taut balance between tight global supplies and recovering fuel demand. Brent traded at $93.19 a barrel at 0253 GMT, down 10 cents, having slid 3.3%…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Welsh morning headlines: News, sport, weather and roads updates as Storm Dudley hits Wales

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Wales Online

Valieva listed two legal oxygen boosters on Olympic forms

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva listed two legal substances used to improve heart function on an anti-doping control form she filled out before her drug case at the Olympics erupted, according to documents submitted in her case

The Independent UK

Asian shares rise on easing of Ukraine tensions, cheaper oil

Asian shares are higher, buoyed by hopes for a diplomatic solution instead of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

NATO says Russia appears to be continuing military escalation in Ukraine

Although Russia on Wednesday said military drills in Moscow-annexed Crimea had ended and that soldiers were returning to their garrisons, the NATO chief said it seemed that Russia was continuing its military build-up. As US reports suggested Russian forces could attack as early as February 16, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…

France 24

Russia makes moves to ease Ukraine tensions; West skeptical

Russia has made two overtures to ease tensions around Ukraine

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The Independent UK

Risk of a Ukraine war spreading in Europe rests on unknowns

A Russian invasion and takeover of Ukraine would deliver a blow to European order like none since World War II

The Guardian - UK

Russian pledge of troop withdrawals met with widespread scepticism

Analysis: Experts have little faith in announcement and say there are no signs of de-escalation on Ukraine’s borders

Newslaundry

Between the US, Russia and China: Understanding India’s tightrope walk on the Ukraine crisis

In recent weeks, the Ukraine crisis has brought testing times to the delicate balance India seeks to strike in its ties with big powers.

The Independent UK

Ukraine news – live: Truss to warn Putin of ‘pariah status’ as PM says ‘little evidence of Russia disengaging’

Boris Johnson agreed with the UN’s secretary-general that an invasion would be ‘catastrophic’

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Los Angeles Times

Amid Russia’s claims of troop pullback, Biden warns Ukraine invasion ‘distinctly possible’

KYIV, Ukraine — Even as Moscow claimed it was withdrawing troops near Ukraine on Tuesday, signaling a possible easing of tensions with the West, President Joe Biden warned that an invasion by Russian forces was “distinctly possible” in a standoff that has ignited concerns over a new and dangerous Cold…

The Times of India

Ukraine Crisis: Russian attack on Ukraine 'still very much a possibility' says Joe Biden

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said Tuesday that a Russian attack on Ukraine remains "very much" a possibility, but that a diplomatic solution to the crisis could yet be reached.

Wales Online

Nato defence ministers meet as Putin backs more dialogue

Efforts continue to avert war in Ukraine

McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell: Abrupt Afghanistan withdrawal led to Russian march on Ukraine

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell on Tuesday linked the Biden administration’s highly controversial pullout from Afghanistan six months ago to Russia’s current menacing troop build-up around Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainians face ‘game of cat and mouse’ with stoic calm

Ukrainians living in the country’s east carry on mostly as usual, despite stark warnings of an imminent Russian attack.

The Guardian - US

You’re going to feel this, Biden tells Americans, as Ukraine war looms

Analysis: US president gives the kind of speech normally delivered on the eve of momentous action, while speaking over Putin’s head to the Russian people

Reuters

In joust with Putin, Germany's Scholz displays more assertive style

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has faced accusations of weak leadership in the Ukraine crisis and of being too soft on Russia, but his unexpectedly combative stance in talks in the Kremlin with President Vladimir Putin has earned him plaudits.

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