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Jan 24 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
🔴 The UK has begun withdrawing its staff from the Ukrainian embassy in Kyiv amid the rising tensions between the country and Russia

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"Yevhen Murayev is supposedly being lined up by Vladimir Putin as the future leader of a pro-Russian government in Ukraine. But in Kyiv, few have even heard of him"

Read the latest dispatch from @JamesERothwell in Kyiv 👇
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🔴On Sunday night, the US State Department ordered the evacuation of diplomats’ family members from Kyiv as non-essential staff were also given the option of leaving

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🔴Joe Biden is considering deploying several thousand troops along with warships and aircraft to the Baltic region and Eastern Europe

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🔴Nato has announced it is sending additional ships and fighter jets to existing bases in Eastern Europe, as well as putting extra troops on standby, as tensions escalate in Ukraine

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🔴Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary General of Nato, said the move is designed to enhance deterrence and defence in Eastern Europe, adding that Nato "will always respond to any deterioration of our security environment"

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The US is understood to have ruled out deploying troops in Ukraine itself, although officials have floated plans to throw its weight behind an insurgency should the Russians invade
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The latest from @JamesERothwell in Kyiv 👇
🔴A Russian invasion of Ukraine would be "painful, violent and bloody business" for Vladimir Putin, Boris Johnson has warned as Britain withdrew its diplomats from Kyiv

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🔴Downing Street said British combat troops would not be used to defend Ukraine

The Prime Minister's official spokesman said there were "further signs of Russian aggression" on the country's border and that "the West is - we are - ready to act if needed"
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Ukraine’s Ambassador to the UK has called for British soldiers to join their troops in the event of a Russian invasion, describing London as Kyiv’s “special support” within Nato

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🔴Vitali Klitschko, the former world heavyweight boxing champion turned mayor of Kyiv, has accused Germany of “betraying” Ukraine

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🗣️Vitali Klitschko, the former world heavyweight boxing champion turned mayor of Kyiv, has accused Germany of “betraying” Ukraine
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✈️Germany's Lufthansa has rescheduled at least two flights to Ukraine this week, in one of the first changes to air traffic since the latest step-up in tensions between Russia and the West
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🇺🇸The United States is refining its military plans for all scenarios in the Ukraine crisis, the White House has said, as Washington worked to bolster deployments on NATO's eastern flank
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🚨The United States has placed 8,500 troops on "heightened alert" over the Ukraine standoff, warning that Russia has "no intention right now of de-escalating"
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❌Ukraine has attacked the UK and US over their embassy pullouts, as President Volodymyr Zelensky praised EU diplomats for remaining to do their jobs amid mounting fears of a Russian invasion
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🔴The Government is no longer asking people to work from home.

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😷From tomorrow, face masks will no longer be required in classrooms.

The use of face masks will continue to be suggested in crowded places, but Mr Johnson said the Government "would trust the judgement of the British people"
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