JUST IN: Ukraine's president calls up reservists aged 18 to 60 for a maximum service of one year
Ukraine has started conscripting reservists aged 18-60 following a decree by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the armed forces said.
The maximum service period is one year reut.rs/3JLuhNb
The maximum service period is one year reut.rs/3JLuhNb
The United States and its allies sought to step up sanctions pressure on Russia over the deployment of troops in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, in one of the worst security crises in Europe in decades reut.rs/3p6aUXy
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia was always open to diplomacy but put its own national security interests first and would continue to strengthen its military in the face of what he called a difficult international situation reut.rs/3LRsMPB
Ukraine's parliament approved sanctions against 351 Russians, including lawmakers who supported recognizing the independence of two separatist-controlled territories in eastern Ukraine and the deployment of Russian troops there reut.rs/3LSWO5q
Ukraine will introduce a nationwide state of emergency in which special restrictions will apply in order to keep the country calm and protect its economy amid fears of a Russian invasion, a senior Ukrainian security official said reut.rs/3seFaBy
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told representatives of the finance industry, regulators and trade associations he wanted the toughest possible next wave of sanctions against Russia, a government source tells Reuters reut.rs/35l7wke
BREAKING: U.S. to sanction the company building Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline, source tells Reuters
A @Reuters source says the Biden administration plans to announce sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG, the company in charge of building Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and would be part of U.S.-imposed penalties against Russia reut.rs/3vaNROY
Two separate convoys of military equipment with no identifiable insignia were moving toward the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine along different roads from the direction of the Russian border, a Reuters witness reported reut.rs/35kIiTo
The U.S. State Department said a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains potentially imminent, adding that Washington has not seen any indication of Russians backing away. Watch live: twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Moscow has approved an offensive and not replied to an invitation for talks reut.rs/3t2KS8z
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