A number of countries, including the US and UK, have announced the first wave of sanctions against Russia as it continues its build-up on Ukraine's borders.
Russian military vehicles at V D Bolshoy Bokov airfield, near Mazyr, Belarus, 22 February, 2022 Pic: Maxar Technologies
NATO members, including the US and UK, have been moving troops to allied countries near Ukraine such as Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland in recent weeks.On the frontline in Donbas• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has cancelled a meeting with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, which had been planned for Thursday in Geneva
• United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres criticised Mr Putin's assertion that Russian troops heading to Luhansk and Donetsk were"peacekeepers", saying:"When troops of one country enter the territory of another country without its consent, they are not impartial peacekeepers - they are not peacekeepers at all.
• Australia, Canada, Japan, and Germany were also among the countries to announce sanctions on Russia • The fate of a tentatively-agreed summit between Mr Biden and Mr Putin, brokered by the French president, is uncertain. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said talking about summit plans was"premature".Read more:
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