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The situation around Ukraine will not turn into a direct armed conflict, as this is fraught with serious costs for Russia due to Western sanctions.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky considers "invasion" of the country by Russia unlikely.

CNN journalist Nathan Hodge tried to explain why Russian President Vladimir Putin used the phrase "like it, don't like it, be patient, my beauty".

The international rating agency Fitch believes that the new sanctions could have a negative impact on the Russian economy.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he does not yet know a “subject” in Europe that could put pressure on Russia.

Attempts by the American media to present Russia in a negative light because of the situation in Ukraine have become too obvious even for the US citizens themselves.

The YouTube video service has blocked channels associated with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics.

"Novaya Gazeta" journalist Elena Milashina is leaving Russia.

The Association of Professional Users of Social Networks and Messengers proposed the Ministry of Digital and the Ministry of Culture to force foreign video services, including YouTube, to explain the reasons for blocking or deleting a particular video.

The Russian armed forces will be able to organize a lightning capture of Kiev, without invading the territory of Ukraine to the last.

A NATO spokesman on the publication in the Spanish newspaper El Pais of the response of NATO and the US on Russia's proposals for security guarantees said that the alliance does not comment on the alleged leaks.

Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) Mikhail Zabrodsky named the regions that, in his opinion, would like to join Russia.

Portugal's parliament is investigating claims of a possible cyberattack on their website during the country's legislative elections.

Foreign journalists in China face "unprecedented hurdles" as media freedom declines at "breakneck speed", a new report has said, just as Beijing prepares to host the Winter Olympics.

A possible conflict in Ukraine can be foreseen two weeks before the start of hostilities, a columnist for the American magazine Popular Mechanics Kyle Mizokami wrote about this.