Responding to Russia's failure to send a representative to an OSCE meeting about its military build-up, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said:
Russia is patently failing to live up to the international commitments it has made around transparency.
If the Kremlin is serious about a diplomatic resolution, then it needs to show up to diplomatic meetings and commit to meaningful talks. Russia's refusal to engage with the OSCE process demonstrates its contempt for the commitments it freely signed up to.
It is Russia that is the aggressor here. The troops stationed on the border are clear threat to Ukraine. The UK and our allies urge the Kremlin to withdraw its troops and enter discussions based on the proposals put forward by NATO to improve transparency and reduce risk.