Multiple reports contradict Moscow’s claim of partial drawdown; western leaders prepare for security conference in Munich this weekend
- Russia still building forces on Ukraine border, says top Nato official
- Ukraine accuses Russia of cyber-attack on banks and defence ministry
- Russians ridicule western media on ‘day of no invasion’
- Ukrainians mark day of unity against fears of a Russian invasion
- US and UK try to fend off Russian invasion by making intelligence public
A more lighthearted story here from Guardian reporter Stephen Burgen on the ground in Barcelona, Spain.
When presidents Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron faced each other at either end of an improbably long, white table last week, the image became a metaphor for the fraught negotiations over Ukraine.
