he spoke after the ukrainian ambassador to the uk had suggested that his nation might make serious concessions and be flexible over its plan to join the military alliance. ukraine has demanded a meeting with russia within the next 48 hours to discuss the build up of over 100,000 russian troops on its border but the kremlin has repeatedly denied any intention of an attack. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake has the latest. russian military manpower and firepower on the border with ukraine, proof in plain sight, the us claims, that president putin is preparing for war. american forces arrived in the region yesterday in a show of support to western allies. it s feared military action could come any day, and for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days
of ukraine continue. the daily express says borisjohnson is urging vladimir putin to step back from the brink as the crisis reaches a criticaljuncture . but the metro says moscow is ridiculing western allies attempts to threaten the kremlin with economic sanctions. in other news, the sun leads with reports that a senior raf officer has been suspended over claims he flashed his bottom at a neighbour. the guardian has an exclusive of what it calls a damning race report revealing vast inequalities in across the national health service. and the yorkshire post leads on a poll which says the majority of voters want murderers of children to die in prison. so, let s begin. welcome back to you both. let s start with the daily mirror and their headline countdown to war. what do you make of that equipment i think this is. what do you make of that equipment i think this is. . .
said we are the prime minister has said we are at a critical the prime minister has said we are at a criticaljuncture, where the military at a criticaljuncture, where the military threat is imminent. what happens in the next 204i was? the german chancellor will go to kyiv, and then to moscow. later this week we understand the prime minister is going to do some of his own face to face diplomacy around europe. the defence secretary ben wallace has cancelled a half term family trip he was going to do abroad, to stay back in the uk and monitor the situation. he will speak to nato allies in the middle of the week. this morning the armed forces minister was having to clear up some comments that his boss, ben wallace, had made over the weekend, to some newspaperjournalists, he said that all of us had a whiff of munich about it, which got some people saying, is that the defence secretary comparing some of the uk s
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of support to western allies. it is feared military action could come any day and, for the uk, the crisis has reached a criticaljuncture. downing street say the prime minister will continue to receive daily intelligence briefings, speak to more world leaders about the crisis in the coming days and travel to europe again towards the end of the week. in what number 10 calls a window of opportunity for diplomacy, the german chancellor 0laf scholz will travel to kyiv today and on to moscow for talks with president putin, who has repeatedly denied intentions to invade. the situation is very tense and, indeed, there are risks of acceleration and there are risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question of if it is wednesday, if it is thursday, if it is friday, it doesn t matter. but we certainly see that the upcoming days are going to be critical and everybody is taking this very seriously. at the same time, in kyiv,