The U.S. is preparing to 'present the facts' in a face-off with Russian officials at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council later today. Follow Newsweek's liveblog for all the latest.
The British Prime Minister is calling on Russia to"engage diplomatically" as he attempts to ramp up pressure on Putin to back down on Ukraine, despite his Defence Secretary Ben Wallace last week saying that he was"not optimistic" that an invasion could now be stopped.
The Prime Minister is determined to accelerate diplomatic efforts and ramp up deterrence to avoid bloodshed in Europe. He will reiterate the need for Russia to step back and engage diplomatically when he speaks to President Putin this week.The Russian president opened the meeting, where Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov presented"strategic planning documents" on foreign policy, but did not give much away in a statement on Friday evening.
The document has not been shared publicly but will likely include Russia's analysis of the Ukraine crisis.U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield accused Vladimir Putin's government of stoking the possibility of a conflict in Ukraine but also violating the U.N. Charter, suggesting that members of the Security Council"must squarely examine the facts and consider what is at stake" for Russia and Europe if a conflict were to break out in the coming weeks.
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