Ukraine war: Putin tells Russian soldiers' mothers he shares their pain #ukraine #war #putin #russia

Ukraine war: Putin tells Russian soldiers' mothers he shares their pain #ukraine #war #putin #russia

#Kyiv said it will seek an emergency meeting of the #UN's Security #Council to counter #Russia's "nuclear blackmail", while EU foreign Borrell said that #Brussels was ready to impose new sanctions on Belarus if Minsk hosted Russian nuclear weapons.

left #Moscow with warm words of support but no major deals to boost either #Russia’s war effort or its struggling #economy.

This week #Saudi #Arabia, #Kenya, #Pakistan, #Russia, #India and #Brazil decided to settle trade in their own currencies rather than the #United #States dollar. 

#Russia arrests US journalist Evan #Gershkovich on spying charge

It is unclear how he made it to Belarus, but people who seek to leave #Russia unnoticed by the authorities often leave via #Belarusian territory.

Ukraine war: Putin tells Russian soldiers' mothers he shares their pain #ukraine #war #putin #russia

Ukraine war: Putin tells Russian soldiers' mothers he shares their pain #ukraine #war #putin #russia

#Kyiv said it will seek an emergency meeting of the #UN's Security #Council to counter #Russia's "nuclear blackmail", while EU foreign Borrell said that #Brussels was ready to impose new sanctions on Belarus if Minsk hosted Russian nuclear weapons.

left #Moscow with warm words of support but no major deals to boost either #Russia’s war effort or its struggling #economy.

#Francesca Ebel, Washington’s Post #Russia correspondent, said, “these allegations are absurd.”

He is the first reporter for an #American news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in #Russia since the Cold War and his arrest comes amid bitter global tensions over the fighting in Ukraine.

#Russia detains WSJ reporter Evan #Gershkovich on espionage charges

Ukraine's defence minister has said #Russia is preparing a major new #offensive, and warned that it could begin as soon as 24 February.