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Another flurry of diplomatic visits to kyiv and moscow. turkeys leader, president erdogan, was the guest of ukraines president zelensky. the turkish leader said his country would remain neutral, but offered to mediate with russia. meanwhile, vladimir putin hosted the president of argentina. moscow insists they have no plans to invade ukraine, and the build—up of russian forces is nothing more than military exercises. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, spectacle and spice — sci—fi epi...

Welcome back. we are getting a new sense of urgency from the white house that a russian invasion of ukraine could be imminent. president biden held a virtual meeting with leaders of fellow nato leaders. the presidents national security team met last night in the situation room to discuss russias continued build up of troops along its border with ukraine. this morning secretary of state tony blinken warned a russian military offensive could happen at any time. >> we continue to see forces escalat...

Developing situation in ukraine. today president biden spoke with russian president vladimir putin for more than an hour telling him the u.s. and its allies are committed to diplomacy. biden did warn putin that the west will respond, quote, decisively and impose swift and severe costs if russia invades ukraine. satellite images show a continued build-up of russian troops this week with thousands added to the estimated 100,000 already near the ukraine border. that has left ukraine facing a potent...

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Ukraine is not actually threatening russias security or that of belarus, is the influence that vladimir putin is achieving, by this enormous build up of conventional military power, is the influence that he is achieving in destabilizing the sense of security stability in europe potentially unnerving nato, in his own mind. its not hanning actually. have those calculations been achieved by the military build up? i think all that is, at heart, what he hopes to achieve. increase russias influence ov...

Russia and try to find a solution. there have been concerns from france and the us about a continued build—up of russian troops. they have accused russia of having 110,000 troops on the border. in response, president biden said he has offered 3000 american troops, the first of which arrived in poland yesterday. one of the key points is they are concerned about the fact that president putin has moved strategic drills that were meant to happen in autumn, they have been moved towards february and...

Call, virtual call with other world leaders and indeed the secretary—general of nato earlier today, think injuries and pictures from last couple of moments. president biden leaving the white house via the presidential helicopter. chatting to a few people along the way. so, president biden saying they expressed concerns about the continued build—up of military forces around ukraine and support forces around ukraine and support for ukraine sovereignty or territorial and diplomatic solutions an...

Richard, first you. confirm just how alarmed the u.s. is about the build up in belarus. youve been reporting on it. the build up at sea, war ships, exercises. russia claims theyre exercises. the top general on the scene with the troops. other signs an invasion could be very near. what are you seeing where you are? >> well, theyre feeling in this country more and more surrounded, which they are. when you talk to ukrainians, theyre conflicted because the government is not having reports that we ar...

That sort of thing. but putin is setting a high bar. hes saying that the issues that are key and core to him that ukraine can never join nato and doubled down on that today saying no sort of short-term guarantees, should never join nato and nato roll back to 1997. those things need to be on the table for negotiations as well. the nato secretary general saying while its a good indication that russia is talking about the possibility of continued dialogue, there is no indication that theyve begun d...

The united states says russias claim that its withdrawing troops from the ukrainian border is false, and that its continuing to reinforce its military presence there, with as many as 7,000 more troops. a white house official said russia could at any moment stage an incident serving as a pretext for invasion. moscow has accused the west of "whipping up hysteria." the bbc�*s tim allman reports. this doesnt look much like a ritual. these satellite images appear to show a build—up of armoured ve...