Ukraine crisis: EU praises ‘restraint’ of Kyiv government; Blinken denounces Kremlin claims - live
by Samantha Lock (now), Lauren Gambino , Jem Bartholo from on (#5WA3R)
European Council urges Moscow to de-escalate' its military buildup; Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy says global security architecture is failing
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The Kremlin has confirmed that Russian leader Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron will speak by phone on Sunday, the TASS news agency reported.
A second separatist leader, Leonid Pasechnik of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), has signed a decree calling for a full military mobilisation, according to Reuters.