Ukraine crisis updates: What to know amid the fears of war

By MIKE CORDER
Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Talks to stave off the threat of war in Eastern Europe moved Monday to the United Nations Security Council, but Russia dismissed the meeting Monday as a “PR stunt.” The diplomatic push at the U.N. comes with 100,000 Russian troops massed near Ukraine’s border. The Russian government sent a written response to a U.S. proposal aimed at deescalating the Ukraine crisis, according to three Biden administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, though they did not provide details. The U.S. has ordered the departure of families of American diplomats in neighboring Belarus, after already drawing down the American presence around its embassy in Ukraine.