formally announce it will not invade ukraine as fears mount it is preparing to fabricate an excuse for war. let s get the latest from the winter olympics now. one of the most controversial moments of the games entered into his today. ended in tears today. the russian teenager had been in the spotlight after a court ruled on monday that she could compete in beijing after a failed drugs test. these are images from today s competition. ms valieva had been favourite for gold but she finished in fourth place, after numerous falls and errors in herfree skate routine and finished her session in tears. she d been expected to win gold. the international olympic committee had said there would be no ceremony if ms valieva came in the top three while the doping investigation was still ongoing. the skaters will now get their medals. michael payne, author of the book
he s ukrainian, she s russian. it s terrible because we lose a lot of friends. some of our connections are broken, completely. i think, unfortunately, that our kind of brotherhood never will get back. it s a very big problem. my parents lived in russia. our daughter lives in russia now. but there is some tension between us. even in the family? even in the family. in kyiv, at the end of this journey, in a city that feels weary with the endless speculation about war, i met vitali and his wife, olga, with their two day old baby, jaromir.
like everything we hear from the kremlin right now, it is designed to be deliberately ambiguous. it is a phrase we heard as russia gave its initial reply to the american response to russian concerns in december which included the pledge that ukraine should never become a member of nato and nato should somehow withdraw its presence in eastern europe and so forth. that has been a back and forth that s been going on ever since december, and when the russians replied initially, they used the same phrase and they had done it again today. and i think we are all supposed to be guessing what exactly it means. the flare up in donbas, how significant is this and how concerned is key of? we significant is this and how concerned is key of? significant is this and how concerned is ke of? ~ ., ~ ., concerned is key of? we don t know how significant concerned is key of? we don t know how significant it concerned is key of? we don t know how significant it is concerned is key of? we don t know
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week as previously planned. this is foreign minister sergey lavrov. translation: with respect i to when de-escalation starts or when de escalation would end, these are not our words. these are the words introduced by the propaganda machines. these words about escalation and de escalation is something that every european politician simply has to say right now. they cannot help it. russia has also expelled america s second highest diplomat in moscow. it is also formally responded to an earlier letter from the us which expressed moscow concerns. in another development, russia has formally responded to an earlier letter from the us which addressed moscow s security concerns. according to russia media, it said. paul adams is in kyiv.