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New steps include ban on 'Kremlin’s media machine in EU,' fresh sanctions against Belarus

Jens Stoltenberg says the alert 'adds to the Russian leader's aggressive pattern involving Ukraine'

President Zelensky urges foreigners to head to Ukrainian embassies worldwide to sign up for the force

Leaders of major NATO countries are making aggressive statements about our country, says Russian president

Ramzan Kadyrov urges Ukrainians to 'overthrow their government'

Kyiv, Moscow discussing place and time for talks; Putin urges Ukrainian military to overthrow country's leadership

Jens Stoltenberg says allies have activated defence plans and we are deploying forces on land, at sea and in the air

Urges concerted efforts from all sides to return to the path of diplomatic negotiations and dialogue

The assault brought a calamitous end to weeks of fruitless diplomatic efforts by Western leaders to avert war

Kremlim spokesperson says offensive has specific goals that need to be achieved, denies occupation

Spokesperson says it is unacceptable to 'use the word occupation to describe Russia's operation'

The approval also allows the Russian leader to deploy 'peacekeepers' to two breakaway Ukrainian regions

Russian military says five people were killed when the Ukrainian saboteurs were thwarted

Pentagon says US flight crews were flying in international airspace at time of intercepts

Beijing says Washington is 'playing up the threat of warfare and creating tension'

Moscow has over 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, but has repeatedly denied any plans to invade

Francis spoke a day after US president told Russia's Putin West would respond decisively to any invasion of Ukraine

Secretary of State Blinken urges Moscow to de-escalate ‘rather than escalate’

The submarine was spotted during Moscow's naval exercises

Top Russian, British diplomats debate at news conference after meeting in Moscow

Tensions remain high, with Ukraine also staging war games, as leaders on all sides pin hopes on diplomacy

US news site says it deeply regrets error after headline 'inadvertently published'

China expresses 'understanding and support' for Russia's position on security over ties with US, NATO

Spokesperson says Moscow needs time to review the response and would not rush to conclusions

Moscow deploys more forces and fighter jets to Belarus for exercises next month

Minister says one of Moscow's aims is to 'splinter the West'

US president says such an invasion would be met by a 'severe and coordinated response'

Russia says it is still waiting for a written US response to its demands for security guarantees

Moscow says West needs to respond to its concerns about NATO activities in former communist countries

Alliance's foreign ministers term many security demands made by Kremlin 'unacceptable'

Says he told the Russian president forthcoming talks will only work after a 'de-escalation' on Ukraine

Moscow earlier said it had received and was considering a NATO proposal to commence talks

Russia had demanded NATO to give up military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine

The country says that it can deploy its troops on its territory as it sees fit

Putin says Russia had received generally positive initial response to security proposals it handed to the US

Moscow says it would be 'forced into a tough response' unless West drops its 'aggressive line'

Moscow warns of a possible military response unless it sees political action to assuage concerns

We need to solve the current tensions on the diplomatic level, says defence minister

Moscow for the first time laid out in detail demands that it says are essential for defusing the crisis

Ukraine says Moscow had rejected a series of its proposals

The two leaders used Tuesday's call to set out their opposing positions on Ukraine

US State Secretary says Moscow has stepped up planning for potential military action in the country

Moscow says simply countering recent US decision, accuses Washington of starting row

NATO, US warn Moscow it would pay a high price for any new military aggression

FM Lavrov says Ukrainian military manoeuvres and use of drones in the country's east poses a threat to Russia

Stoltenberg also warns Russia to ‘de-escalate’ its military build-up on border with Ukraine

France says the deployment is not acceptable because it has its own troops in the region

Official stresses preventing situations from 'spiralling out of control'

US says Biden administration seeks cooperation with Turkey on common priorities

Thousands of people, desperate to flee the war-torn country, continue to throng the airport