Ukraine crisis - TASS

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US won’t be able to evacuate Americans from Ukraine if tensions rise — official

UN chief hopes crisis around Ukraine can be averted

EU to study State Duma’s plans to discuss initiative on recognizing Donbass republics

Russia calls on US, Germany, France to stop conniving at Kiev’s actions — Lavrov

First steps in Russia-US dialogue already made, Kremlin spokesman believes

Dmitry Peskov stressed that the response that would be provided to Russia's concerns mattered the most at the moment

Kremlin hails all efforts to settle situation in Ukraine, including on behalf of Turkey

On January 19, the spokesman of Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Turkish President had invited Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky to Turkey in order to "settle disputes" between the two countries

Kiev keeps avoiding implementation of Minsk accords, Putin tells Finnish president

Minsk Agreements include moves to declare a ceasefire, withdraw weapons, declare amnesty, restore economic ties and conduct constitutional reform in Ukraine through dialogue with the self-proclaimed DPR, LPR

State Duma to hash over draft appeal to president on recognizing DPR, LPR, says speaker

Vyacheslav Volodin stressed that he believed it was necessary to look for solutions that could ensure the safety of Russian citizens and compatriots living in the DPR and LPR

Canada’s weapons supplies to Ukraine will fuel conflict, Russian envoy warns

The less foreign military on the ground in Ukraine, the more chances of success for a diplomatic settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, Oleg Stepanov stressed

Turkey seeks to host Minsk group meetings, Foreign Ministry source says

It is mentioned that both Ukraine and Russia are allegedly positive about Turkey’s willingness to be a mediator

Ankara’s idea to host Russian-Ukrainian talks to be unsuccessful — expert

According to the expert, a mediator must be equally distant from both sides of a dispute and look for a compromise

Russia fears that US threats against Moscow may trigger new war inside Ukraine — Kremlin

Some hotheads in the Ukrainian leadership may develop the delusion that they can try to restart the civil war in their country or try to handle the problem of the Southeast using force, Dmitry Peskov noted

Diplomat blasts West’s ‘Russian invasion of Ukraine’ rumors as cover-up for its own gambit

Britain has been delivering weapons along its Air Force military transport planes to Ukraine for several days now, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted

Communists in Duma propose message to Putin for recognition of Donbass republics

The Communist Party also deems it necessary to ask the president to consider the question of conducting early talks with the leaders of the DPR and LPR "for creating a legal basis of inter-state relations governing all aspects of cooperation and mutual assistance, including security"