Tensions between the US, NATO and Russia show no signs of subsiding. The US continues to sound the alarm, with the difference that it is not saying a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has told his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, that the West's response to Moscow's security demands did not take into account the Kremlin's key concerns over Ukraine.

Germany refuses to send weapons to Ukraine amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine despite other NATO members having agreed to export weapons directly to Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden has defended his course of action in his first year in office.

US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland claims that Washington has prepared 18 response scenarios to confront alleged Russian plans to “invade” Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin vows to respond in a timely fashion to a move by Ukraine to prosecute a Ukrainian lawmaker and close ally of Moscow and put him under house arrest in a case of alleged treason.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expresses support for Ukraine amid rising tensions between Kiev and Moscow.