The Latest Breaking News from Donbas

Around 126,000 Russian combat troops are gathered close to the Ukraine border, along with 30,000 pro-Moscow separatists in contested Donbas. Nato is bolstering its deterrence in the Baltic Sea region

While preparing for a trip to Russia in late December 2021, I was half-joking to friends that my return to the UK could well be delayed either by COVID or a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The threat of an imminent war was permeating the western media by that stage, so…

Talks between Russia and the west have failed. Moscow has described the situation in Ukraine as “intolerable” and “a matter of life or death”. The US president, Joe Biden, has predicted the Kremlin “will move in” to Ukraine.

Members of SAS E Squadron will lead a rescue if Russian troops and armour pour deep into Ukraine. British Foreign Office officials may be rescued by special forces in case of war

Johnson won’t save his skin by threats of war with another ailing populist, and Putin will not be stopped by the west, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

As many as 14,000 have died in Crimea and Donbas in years of fighting, which has settled into trench warfare and could break out at any moment into a much bigger conflict

As the Russians menace Ukraine by amassing at least 100,000 troops at the border, it is time to ask what Russian President Vladimir Putin is really after.