Poland is the largest European Union nation to border Ukraine and the government is making preparations to accept Ukrainian refugees if Russian attacks.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is watching his once-enormous support dissolve after 2½ years in office as Ukraine stands on what many fear is the verge of a Russian invasion.
A tense standoff at a U.S.-Canadian border crossing crucial to both countries' economies appears to be dissolving peacefully as Canadian police move in to disperse the protest.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to hold a high-stakes telephone call on Saturday to discuss mounting tensions over Ukraine.
Be it sports, politics, hacking or war, the recent history of Russia's relationship with the world can be summed up in one phrase: They get away with it.