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Military assistance may or may not be provided by the uk government too. uk ministers have been absolutely clear that this means uk military boots on the ground fighting in the ukraine but there are questions around what further defence assistance may be provided to the ukraine and other european nations. the prime minister says they looking into what more they can do on this front. he's made clear that more sanctions are potentially needing to be used in the future. his pessimistic view in his words is that russia still has more to come but i think the situation is changing incredibly rapidly...

Chief political correspondent adam fleming and asked him if it was the government's collective view that russia had begun an invasion into ukraine. the prime minister did not go quite so far as the health secretary to say this is the invasion starting, this is it but he came very close to that. hejust this is it but he came very close to that. he just showed that the government has got a very gloomy, pessimistic interpretation of what this means. and ok, the prime minister kept the door open to a political, diplomatic solution and still some were talking with the russians but he was dialling d...

This morning saying that russian troops are on ukrainian soil, i think the expectation is the sanctions could go wider than that now. but inevitably, i think there's going to be a tussle between member states about how far they want to go. the most extreme kind of things that we've heard, the harshest things we've heard from people like ursula von der leyen, the european commission chief, a suggestion could see russia cut off from the financial markets. and of course, there is the very, very hot topic of what they do on energy. but i think they'll want to save some of the harsher sanctions for...

This is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. military vehicles enter eastern ukraine, hours after vladimir putin recognises two breakaway areas as independent states. ukraine's president appeals for western support. we are waiting for clear and effective steps of support from our partners. it is very important to see now who our real friends and partners are. will sanctions chan-e putin's mind? senior members of the uk government attend an emergency meeting, to discuss russian sanctions. borisjohnson says putin is bent on a full scale invasion. he has com...

Other european nations stopped short of calling this an invasion but when they do use that language that will inform the international response as well. so what we know at the moment is that the prime minister at 12:30pm is going to outlined parliament the plan is among the uk government the economic sanctions to target russia at this time. it will be interesting to know which individuals and companies will be targeted. the prime minister says there are more sanctions in the uk government's ammunition, so to speak. so this isn't necessarily the full package of sanctions at this stage. the inte...