UNLESS speedy efforts at de-escalation are made, the crisis in Ukraine has the potential to morph into a catastrophic conflict that will consume Europe.... In a nutshell, Russia has not been happy with growing Western overtures towards Ukraine — with Moscow and Kyiv both being former components of the Soviet Union — and had been warning that any attempts to include Ukraine in Nato would entail consequences.... However, the Ukrainian government and its Western supporters had vowed to take their

feared — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started the PM was in Moscow.... The main reason behind his

invasion is imminent. Fresh footage shows the Russian tanks on manoeuvres in a region bordering Ukraine

close Video Russia claims it has knocked out Ukraine's air defense system Fox News correspondent Steve Harrigan reports from the ground in Kyiv and discusses Russia claiming they’ve disabled Ukrainian air defenses. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!... Zelenskyy declared martial law, saying Russia has targeted Ukraine's military infrastructure.... He urged Ukrainians to stay home and not to panic....

FRANKFURT( Reuters)-Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Tuesday that Germany was very clear Russia would face harsh consequences if it invades Ukraine, but he would not say whether the newly built Nord Stream 2 pipeline would be halted.U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Monday that if Russia invades," there will be no longer Nord Stream 2", referring to the as yet unopened gas pipeline to Germany.... He did not specify how he would halt it, but stressed unity with German Chancellor Olaf

ADDIS ABABA/ NAIROBI, Oct 26( Reuters)-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday he would not invade any nation, in comments aimed at quelling neighbouring countries' concerns that he might use force to secure access to a sea port. Abiy told state media on Oct.... 13 that Ethiopia should assert what he called the landlocked nation's right to access the Red Sea as much as possible through peaceful means, raising tensions with regional governments and the spectre of a fresh conflict in

believe Russia now has amassed sufficient capability to launch a new invasion of its neighbour before the

THE full-scale military invasion launched by Russia on Ukraine on Thursday morning took the world

invasion of Ukraine, while hundreds have been taken prisoner including senior officers, a military

Russians over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine." The European Council today agrees on further restrictive