British prime minister says invasion plans has ‘in some senses begun’; Ukrainian president says global security architecture is failing
- Ukrainian president calls for west’s help at Munich conference
- Russia ‘must fail and be seen to fail’ if it invades Ukraine, says Johnson
- West plans to arm resistance if Russian forces occupy Ukraine
- British embassy to relocate to Lviv ‘temporarily’ – Foreign Office
- Pro-Russian separatists order mass evacuation of eastern Ukraine
Welcome to our live coverage of the Ukraine crisis. I’m Samantha Lock and I’ll be bringing you all the latest developments.
Tensions continued to mount overnight after world leaders met at the Munich security conference, calling upon Russia to consider diplomacy and withdraw troops from Ukraine’s borders.
