BBC Online :
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the “evidence is pretty clear” that Russia is planning an invasion of Ukraine.
Johnson cuts short a trip to North West England as he says there are “signs that show that there are serious preparations” being made by Russia.
He is due to discuss the situation with US President Joe Biden later.
Meanwhile, Russia denies plans to invade Ukraine, despite massing 100,000 soldiers on Ukraine’s borders and a reported 30,000 close to the Belarus-Ukraine border.
More than a dozen countries, including the UK and the US, have urged their citizens to leave Ukraine amid warnings of an “imminent” invasion.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv as part of efforts to defuse tension.
Western nations are ready to impose “very far-reaching and effective sanctions” in the event of any Russian incursion, Scholz says.
Russia wants assurances Ukraine will never be allowed to join Nato – but the alliance’s members have opposed this.
