Leaders spoke on the phone for 105 minutes and outcome suggests Russia might be willing to step back from brink of invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops will remain indefinitely, says Belarus, as fears rise of Ukraine invasion. Ukrainian president calls for west’s help at Munich conference Russia ‘must fail and be seen to fail’ if it invades Ukraine, says Johnson Russian media has confirmed the deaths of two Ukrainian soldiers in the government-held part of Donetsk on Saturday, claiming the servicemen were part of a “sabotage group” planning “terrorist attacks” against gas pipelines and electrical substations in the region.The claim comes as western leaders continue to accuse Moscow and Russian-backed rebels of spreading misinformation as pretext for a possible invasion. Continue reading…
