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British envoy in Moscow to try to ease Ukraine crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting of judges of general jurisdiction and arbitration courts of the Russian Federation via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) A Ukrainian serviceman provides area security during a visit by Gen. Oleksandr Pavliuk, commander of the Joint Forces Operation, to frontline positions outside Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukraine's Gen. Oleksandr Pavliuk, commander of the Joint Forces Operation, visits frontline positions outside Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukraine's Gen. Oleksandr Pavliuk, commander of the Joint Forces Operation, gestures during a visit to frontline positions outside Avdiivka, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that Moscow would not further escalate the Ukraine crisis.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment line up vehicles at the military airfield in Vilseck, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 as they prepare for the regiment's movement to Romania loading of Stryker combat vehicles for their deployment to support NATO allies and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO Article V. The soldiers will deploy to Romania in the coming days from their post in Vilseck and will augment the more than 900 U.S. service members already in Romania. This Stryker Squadron represents a combined arms unit of lightly armored, medium-weight wheeled combat vehicles. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss arrives to attend a cabinet meeting in Downing Street, London, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) From left, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Polish President Andrzej Duda and French President Emmanuel Macron leave after a news conference ahead of a meeting to discuss the ongoing Ukraine crisis, in Berlin, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool via AP) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, and Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares lay flowers at the Memorial Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine in Russian-Ukrainian War in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment line up vehicles at the military airfield in Vilseck, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 as they prepare for the regiment's movement to Romania loading of Stryker combat vehicles for their deployment to support NATO allies and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO Article V. The soldiers will deploy to Romania in the coming days from their post in Vilseck and will augment the more than 900 U.S. service members already in Romania. This Stryker Squadron represents a combined arms unit of lightly armored, medium-weight wheeled combat vehicles. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Soldiers of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment line up vehicles at the military airfield in Vilseck, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 as they prepare for the regiment's movement to Romania loading of Stryker combat vehicles for their deployment to support NATO allies and demonstrate U.S. commitment to NATO Article V. The soldiers will deploy to Romania in the coming days from their post in Vilseck and will augment the more than 900 U.S. service members already in Romania. This Stryker Squadron represents a combined arms unit of lightly armored, medium-weight wheeled combat vehicles. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)