Boris Johnson held talks last night with President Biden and other western leaders to agree a package of sanctions against Russia should it invade Ukraine. The prime minister joined the leaders of Germany, France and Italy to form a joint strategy “to impose significant and severe harm on the Russian economy” before Biden’s high-stakes phone call with President Putin today. SponsoredFears have been raised of an invasion in the new year after satellite images showed a build-up of Russian troops that could reach 175,000, US security analysts said. Oleksiy Reznikov, the Ukrainian defence minister, has said the end of January is the most likely period for any Russian attack. This morning Moscow accused Nato of taking an “extremely aggressive” stance and that Russia would be

Source: The Times December 07, 2021 23:17 UTC