ukraine s foreign ministry was not impressed. translation: we respect the right of foreign - states to ensure the security of their diplomatic- missions, but we consider such a step to be premature and a display of excessive caution. in brussels, eu foreign ministers decided to give a billion pounds in financial aid to ukraine, but said for now eu diplomats would not follow the uk and us lead. we are not going to do the same thing, because we don t know any specific reasons, but secretary lincoln will inform us us and i don t think we have to dramatise. but as ukrainian civil defence forces conducted their own exercises, nato announced it was bolstering its presence in eastern europe, with various member states preparing to send extra ships and war planes to the region. james landale, bbc news.
threat from russia. the british embassy remains open and will continue to carry out essential work. the intelligence is very clear that there are 60 russian battle groups on the borders of ukraine. the plan for a lightning war that could take out kyiv is one that everybody can see. we need to make it very clear to the kremlin, to russia that that would be a disastrous step. officials at the foreign office said the decision was a response to the growing risk of a russian incursion, not the result of a specific threat against british diplomats. the families of us diplomats who work at its us embassy in kyiv have also been ordered home and some nonessential staff have been given the option to leave. i have no higher responsibility than the safety and well being of the folks who work for the state department and who are under my care ina sense. so we are tracking this very closely.
economy harm. the measures that we know about so far, that. the transport industry says is good. there will be other details today and we will have to wait and hear what the transport secretary has to say. what the transport secretary has to sa . . ~ what the transport secretary has to sa . ., ~ , ., the headlines on bbc news. borisjohnson orders an inquiry into an mp s claims that her muslim faith was given as a reason for her sacking as a minister in 2020. people arriving in england will no longer need to take a covid lateral flow test if they have been double vaccinated. the prime minister warns russia that invading ukraine would be a disastrous step , as the uk withdraws staff from its embassy there.
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