French President Emmanuel Macron and Russia's Vladimir Putin are scheduled to have a phone call on February 20 to discuss escalating tensions over Ukraine.
The United States and Britain would seek to cut off Russian companies' access to U.S. dollars and British pounds if Russia attacks Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on February 20.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, said on February 19 that the kingdom was looking to schedule a fifth round of direct talks with Iran despite a "lack of substantive progress" in previous rounds.
Russia has test-fired its latest hypersonic ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and nuclear-capable ballistic missiles as part of "planned” drills, the Kremlin said on February 19, as tensions escalate over Ukraine.