This is the Guardian.

Today, with Russian troops massing on the border of Ukraine,

can Vladimir Putin be persuaded to back down?

Russia and Ukraine tonight, the White House calling this an extremely dangerous situation

claiming military action by Russia could happen at any moment.

Today, more Russian troops and hardware arriving in Belarus to Ukraine's north for war games.

Ukrainian troops are watching and waiting, saying they are preparing for a fight.

This is an extremely dangerous situation.

We're now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack in Ukraine.

The headlines are terrifying. Eastern Europe looks like it's on the verge of a bloody conflict.

One of the most surprising things about the build up for this war or this conflict

is walking around Moscow. You would have no idea that anything is happening at all.

But for Andrew Roth, who's based in Russia for the Guardian,

the strangest thing about living in a country, mobilizing for a major war,

is how little sign of it there is on the streets of the capital.

The lack of kind of discussion of the build up in the fact that this is a country that could be in

the sort of generational conflict in just weeks is completely absent here.

But the hints are there of something seismic stirring.

For anybody just looking at their bank account, the first thing you notice is that the

ruble has lost about 6% of its value since the beginning of January and about 10% of its value

since October. For Russians who want to buy iPhones who are buying other stuff that's made in

the West cars, you know, that's obviously going to affect just what they're able to buy.

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