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US President Joe Biden is due to visit Poland on Monday to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. The visit comes as both sides prepare for offensives expected this spring, Russia boosted by thousands of conscripts and Ukraine fortified with Western battle tanks. Follow our live blog for all the latest developments. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
08:57am: US President Biden due in Poland
US President Joe Biden is due to land in Poland on Monday to mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. During the February 20-22 visit, Biden will meet with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and President Andrzej Duda as well as Eastern European allies. Biden will discuss Ukraine, but has no plans to cross into the country, the White House said.
In an interview with CBS on Sunday, Morawiecki said that he and Biden would discuss possibly increasing US troop presence in Poland and making it more permanent. In June last year, the US president said his country would set up a new permanent army headquarters in Poland in response to Russian threats.
05:19am: Russia, Turkey may talk Black Sea grain deal ‘soon’
Turkish and Russian leaders may soon discuss a UN-backed initiative that has enabled the export of grain from Ukrainian ports, but there is no date set yet, a source familiar with the negotiations on the deal told RIA Novosti on Monday.
The agreement is for renewal in March, but Russia has signalled that it is unhappy with some aspects of the deal and has asked for sanctions affecting its agricultural exports to be lifted.
According to Ukraine, broader negotiations on extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative are expected this week.
04:56am: Russia says 680 Ukrainian officials ‘charged with war crimes’
Russia has charged 680 Ukrainian officials, including 118 members of the armed forces and defence ministry, with breaking laws governing the conduct of war, including the use of weapons against civilians, TASS news agency reported on Monday.
According to the report, which quoted Russia’s chief public investigator, the Ukrainian officials were charged with the “use of prohibited means and methods of warfare”.
Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia and who reports directly to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, told the state TASS news agency that the charges include the use of weapons against the civilian population. He added that 138 of those people had been charged in absentia.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
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