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🔴 Russia is succeeding in sowing panic in Ukraine, a top security official said, as the Ukrainian president called for calm amid escalating tensions between Russia and the West

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🔴NEW: Russian forces 'already in Ukraine', says UK armed forces minister

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🔴It is possible these forces are the same US intelligence last week claimed were preparing a false flag attack.

The eastern region of Donbas is already controlled by Russia-backed separatists

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🔴Russia has been warned it will be swiftly hit with an "unprecedented package of sanctions" in the event of a fresh incursion in Ukraine

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🔴A former MI6 chief has conceded he "cannot see a scenario" where Vladimir Putin will back down amid fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine

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🔴Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has told Parliament that she will visit Ukraine next week.

She also reiterated a warning to Russia that any incursion into Ukrainian territory would come at a severe economic cost

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🔴NEW: Boris Johnson to update MPs after warning Russian invasion would be ‘bloody business’

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🔴Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give a statement on Ukraine in the House of Commons.

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🔴Prime Minister Boris Johnson has departed Number 10 Downing Street to give his statement in Parliament

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🔴Mr Johnson began by saying that he and the whole Government are focused "100 per cent" on "protecting freedoms around the world"

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"The bloodshed would be comparable to the first war in Checnhya or Bosnia or any other conflict Europe has endured since 1945. No one would gain from such a catastrophe," Mr Johnson said

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🔴The UK has sought to combine dialogue with deterrents to a Russian invasion, Boris Johnson has said.

He warned Russia of tougher sanctions and an increased NATO presence

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🗣️"If Russia’s goal is to keep NATO’s forces away from her border, then invading Ukraine would have the precise opposite effect," Mr Johnson said

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🔴The UK will contribute to NATO deployments to protect allies if Russia invades, Mr Johnson said, adding that Russia has a "gun to Ukraine's head"

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🔴Keir Starmer has called the military buildup an "attempt by President Putin to turn back the cloak and reestablish Russian dominance over eastern Europe"

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🔴Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said: "For too long the implicit message to Moscow has been that President Putin can do what he likes and the West will do little to respond"

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🔴Boris Johnson has confirmed that the UK will contribute to Nato deployments if Russia invades.

@VerityBowman breaks down how the crisis reached this point and what could be next 👇telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…

🔴Russian-backed saboteurs have been arrested, according to Ukraine, after plotting attacks along the eastern border aimed at “destabilising” the country

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🇫🇷Emmanuel Macron has told a press conference in Berlin that he plans to hold phone talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss the situation in Ukraine
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🗣️Britain will deploy troops to protect its allies in Europe if Russia invades Ukraine, Boris Johnson has said
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🇺🇦Ukraine’s president has warned that Kharkiv could be the first city to be invaded by Putin’s forces.

Kharkiv has a large Russian-speaking population, which could make it an attractive target
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