How the Ukraine crisis looks from Kyiv

As US intelligence sources warn of an imminent Russian invasion, residents of the Ukrainian capital are refusing to be cowed, reports Shaun Walker

With more than 100,000 Russian troops on the border of Ukraine there are fears that Europe is facing its biggest military crisis since the second world war. Over the weekend, President Joe Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan said an invasion could begin any day now".

The Guardian's Shaun Walker is in Kyiv and tells Michael Safi that, on the face of it, much of the city is continuing life as normal. Restaurants are open, shops are full and the snow-lined streets buzz with people going about their normal business. This is in stark contrast to many foreign diplomats who are scrambling to leave the Ukranian capital before any military action that could begin within days or even hours.