Day of diplomacy as tensions continue over Russia’s massive troops build-up on Ukraine border
Hello, and welcome to our live blog of the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Today looks set to be dominated by diplomacy, as the French president, Emmanuel Macron, heads to Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin, and the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, holds talks in Washington with Joe Biden.
The situation is too complex to expect decisive breakthroughs in the course of one meeting. In recent days there has been nothing new on the topic of security guarantees for Russia, our western interlocutors prefer not to mention this topic.
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