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This is bbc news. im nuala mcgovern. our top stories: new images of the russian military build—up as the us warns any incursion into ukraine will be met with a tough response. there is no doubt — let there be no doubt at all — that if putin makes this choice, russia will pay a heavy price. aid planes finally arrive in tonga after a volcanic eruption and tsunami left the country in desperate need of supplies. well bring you the latest. a catholic church report finds that former pope benedic...

In geneva, there is more diplomacy to come, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, promising a written reply to his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, addressing russias sweeping demands, some experts worried that russia is being allowed to set the agenda. its asking for a demilitarised eastern europe and a denuclearised continent so that the only forces threatening europe are russian ones and the only nuclear missiles that can threaten european capitals are russian ones. that ought not to b...

About ukraine, you should care about ukrainian people who have chosen the west and that is what we should stand for and if we stand for ukrainian people, we stand for their values and if we do not, then we have double standards. kristina kvien acting ambassador for washington, here in ukraine, why should the us care about ukraine? first of all, we want a europe thats whole—free and at peace, and weve wanted that for a long time. it is in the us interest, it is in europes interest, and it is in...

Intelligence officers involved in planning an attack. its totally unacceptable, contrary to international law. the international community as a whole needs to step up to the plate. so one of the things youre seeing, and the foreign secretary, i think, is doing a very good job of this, is making it clear whats at stake, so other countries come and support. the reality is... but is that what you are expecting to happen? i an invasion? i think theres a very significant risk of it. the foreign offic...

Thought to be in moscow. its not clear what, if any, role they could realistically play. the foreign office has released very few details. the kremlin says its all propaganda. but russias build—up goes on. fighterjets now flying to locations in belarus, north of ukraine. moscow says theyll be carrying outjoint drills. but diplomacy also continues. fridays meeting in geneva settled nothing, but the us secretary of state antony blinken has promised a written reply within days to russias expansiv...

Abandoned diplomatic rules and had been seeking to undermine our country with unilateral sanctions as well as military pressure on russia with mean rivers along the russian borders. they are trying to draw kyiv into provocation. joining me now is james nixey who is the director of russia & eurasia programme at chatham house. we have the rhetoric, we have the diplomacy, we had the military build—up. looking at the latter specifically, how do military analysts think this situation is going to ev...

Their way. >> sandra: thanks, mark. and now the kiev. president zelensky holding a news conference saying theres no need to panic. to greg palkot. hes in kiev with more. greg. >> thats right, sandra. its been an interesting news conference with the ukrainian president today. more on that in a moment. just a few other developments in the region. a build-up of russian troops, planes, hardware continues. new reports of su-35 fighter jets of russia landing in neighboring belarus. now were talking ab...

Sanctions against vladimir putin if russia were to invade ukraine. heres our diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley. new russian military manoeuvres amid escalating tensions. this is western russia close to ukraine. moscow now has around 100,000 troops massed on the borders of the former soviet republic, with more still arriving. the ukrainian government says russias aim is to sow panic. it poses a threat to ukraine, a direct threat to ukraine. however, at the moment, as we speak, this number...

On february 15th, please recall school board members collins, lópez and moliga before our kids fall even further behind. very good tuesday morning to you. im jim sciutto. >> and im bianna golodryga. right now, thousands of u.s. troops are on high alert ready to be sent to natos eastern plank as russia continues its military build-up along the border with ukraine. we should note, the pentagon said no final decision has been made, but if deployed, the troops would bolster natos quick response f...

What are we to make by the comments yesterday by president zelensky? do you think the comments by the us president and other world leaders are worsening the crisis? no. i think that mr zelensky as the president of ukraine should think not only about the build—up and the probable invasion of ukraine audience, calm down, do not panic, we have already a huge amount... we should leave this to ukraine