According to reports, US President Joe Biden has asked his team of meteorologists to look at the Ukraine weather with Russia reportedly planning an invasion. Reports claim President Putin has pushed back plans to invade Ukraine due to the mild winter condictions in the area.

Biden enlists meteorologists to predict Russia's Ukraine invasion plan: Report

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned Russia of "severe costs" if it launches a further attack on Ukraine. It comes after senior US and Russian officials launched special talks Monday aimed at defusing tensions over a Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine, part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this week.

Russia-Ukraine conflict: NATO chief warns Moscow of 'severe costs' if Kiev attacked

The United States and its NATO allies are moving to bulk up their military commitments in the Baltics and Eastern Europe as the standoff with Russia over Ukraine deepens.

Where is Germany in the Ukraine standoff? Its allies wonder.

Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has dismissed Russian demand to "never join" the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as "illegitimate", highlighting "Russian aggression" against his country "as well as Georgia and Moldova".

Russian demand that we never become NATO member illegitimate: Ukraine foreign minister to WION

In a forested area just outside Ukraine's capital Kiev, mock Russian troops ambush camouflage-clad army reservists. The would-be Ukrainian soldiers, who include architects and researchers in their ranks, return fire with replica Kalashnikovs as imitation smoke grenades explode around them.

Ukraine trains civilians to defend against Russian invasion

Amid tensions at the border with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that it's "almost impossible" to have good relations with the current Ukrainian authorities referring to President Zelenskiy.

Ukraine President Zelenskiy under influence of radical nationalistic forces, says Putin

Amid tensions with Ukraine, Russia's defence ministry said it has been tracking French Navy’s missile frigate Auvergne after it entered the Black Sea. The French ship specialises in anti-submarine warfare.

Russia tracks French warship in Black Sea amid Ukraine tensions

Berlin has warned Russia that any increase in tensions in Ukraine can have a direct impact on the much-awaited Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline plan. Germany's new Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, on Saturday, said that that Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will not be allowed to operate at all if there is any kind of new escalation in Ukraine.

Nord Stream pipeline to be suspended if Russia escalates in Ukraine, Germany warns

After the UK accused the Kremlin of seeking to install a pro-Russian leader in Ukraine, a senior British minister said on Sunday that Russia would face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in Ukraine.

UK warns Russia of 'very serious consequences' if it installs 'puppet regime' in Ukraine

As the United States issued warnings last month about the Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders and President Joe Biden threatened President Vladimir Putin with sanctions if he launched an invasion, researchers noticed an uptick in social media posts accusing Ukraine of plotting a genocide against ethnic Russians.

Russia steps up propaganda war amid tensions with Ukraine

The United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday (January 25) said that he will think about imposing personal sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin if he invades Ukraine.

Ukraine crisis: Joe Biden's rare sanction threat to Vladimir Putin; Russian media's narrative is different

Russia on Sunday rejected the claim made by the UK government saying it did not provide corroboration to back it up. Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss had said Russia is looking to replace the government of Ukraine with a pro-Moscow administration.

Russia calls UK's claim as 'evidence' that NATO escalating tensions around Ukraine

A squad of roughly 30 elite British troops has arrived in Ukraine to assist in the training of the Ukrainian armed forces on new anti-tank weapons supplied by the UK amid worries of a new Russian invasion.

UK sends 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Ukraine amid fears of Russian invasion

As Western countries fear Russian incursion in Ukraine, the United States President Joe Biden has clarified his comments that he delivered in this context as he suggested that the allies were split over how to react to any potential "minor incursion" from Russia.

Joe Biden clarifies over Russia remark; Ukraine says there are no 'minor incursions' and small nations

The week before intensive diplomatic meetings began over the buildup of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, U.S. and Ukrainian officials watched from afar as Russia began emptying out its embassy in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.

Russia thins out its embassy in Ukraine, a possible clue to Putin’s next move

The United States said today that Russia has "prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine" in a bid to escalate the border crisis.

Russia conducting false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine: US

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Russian troops are encircling Ukraine from three sides. In Washington and Brussels, there are warnings of crushing sanctions if Vladimir Putin orders an invasion.

War may loom, but are there off-ramps?

It is one of the most crucial days for Russia, Ukraine the US and its European allies. US secretary of state Antony Blinken and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov have landed in Geneva, the two leaders will meet today in a bid to defuse escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Antony Blinken and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov to hold talks on Russia-Ukraine crisis

Russian officials on Thursday signalled that they might abandon diplomatic efforts to resolve the security crisis surrounding Ukraine, bringing a whirlwind week of European diplomacy to an ominous end and deflating hopes that negotiators could forge a path toward easing tensions in Eastern Europe.

Russia, at an impasse with the West, warns it is ready to abandon diplomacy

Ahead of the phone call between President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, the Russian president's spokesman said there is a "mood for a conversation" emphasising that differences can be resolved through talks.

We are in the mood for a conversation, says Russia ahead of Putin-Biden phone call

Stepping onto a podium in heavy boots and military fatigues at a ceremony outside Moscow, six teenagers accepted awards for an increasingly important discipline in Russia: patriotism.

How the Kremlin is militarizing Russian society

Rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine are growing closer to Russia

After conducting a virtual summit with President Joe Biden last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin will be speaking to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday.

After Biden, President Putin to meet President Xi via video link

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