US President Joe Biden has said that Russia has begun to invade Ukraine but that there was still time for diplomacy to avoid the 'worst case scenario' of a full-blown assault on the country:
The prospect of a disruption to energy supplies and fears of war - stoked by reports of shelling in some areas and movements of unmarked tanks overnight in the city of Donetsk - rattled markets and sent oil prices to their highest level since 2014.
The Kremlin said it hoped the delay was temporary. Mr Putin said Russia "aims to continue uninterrupted supplies" of energy to the world. But several blasts could be heard at midnight in the centre of the separatist-held city, a Reuters witness said.
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