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, 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, olaf 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 tense and indeed there are risks of the acceleration and risks of some substantial developments in the next days. so the question is this wednesday, this thursday, this friday,