Boris Johnson will lead a last-ditch diplomatic blitz this week to avert war in Ukraine. With the next 48 hours said to be crucial, the Prime Minister will make a whistle-stop tour of Europe.
IAN BIRRELL: Eighty years ago, Stalin brutally
expelled 200,000 Crimean Tatars. Today, with Putin s troops massing, their descendants say this time
they will fight to the death.
blinken addressing the ongoing conflicts urging moscow to get back. we want to see russia de-escalate, to move forces back from the border with ukraine, to take down the tension. it is much more appropriate to have a conversation in those circumstances than it is when escalation is happening. reporter: ukraine s president zielinski laid out demands including to return crimea to gain membership in the european union in upcoming years and to get a clear and specific timeframe from nato in 2022. in order to defuse the situation even more the us says it will hold talks with russia in the new year. the conversation with the poetic talks include nato and the