• Crisis in Ukraine Biden is convinced that Putin "has made the decision" to attack Ukraine in the coming days

  • Crisis in Ukraine A car bomb explodes next to the headquarters of the pro-Russian Government of Donetsk

Joe Biden says he is "convinced" that Russian President Vladimir Putin "has made the decision" to

invade Ukraine

, and that the multiplication of confrontations is intended to create a "false justification" to launch the

offensive in the next "week" or "days"

.

The US president's statement came after a

second day of mutual accusations

between pro-Russian separatists and Ukraine of the

bombing in the East

, where a car bomb exploded next to the pro-Russian government headquarters in Donetsk, although Biden says no abandon the diplomatic route to avoid conflict.

Until it does, diplomacy is always a possibility," he said.

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky plans to attend the

Munich Security Conference,

which runs through Sunday with many international leaders.

Russia denies any invasion plan

but demands guarantees for its security, such as the withdrawal of NATO from Eastern Europe, which Western countries reject.

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07.45

sleepwalking europe

The evolution of events around the Ukraine issue leads us to an alarming conclusion: the EU sleepwalks, Ana Palacio, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Member of the European Parliament for the PP, starts her tribune on the Ukrainian crisis .

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07.20

Ukraine's rebel leader announces "general mobilization" in Donetsk region

The rebel leader in the breakaway Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine called on Saturday for a general mobilization of the population, amid fears of an escalation of the conflict in the former Soviet republic.

"I call on my fellow citizens who are in the reserves to go to the military recruitment offices. Today I have signed a general mobilization decree," Denis Pushilin, leader of the self-styled Donetsk People's Republic, said in a video statement, AFP reports.

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