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United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris John has claimed that should Russia invade the Ukraine, the Kremlin would be waging the "biggest war since 1945".

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Johnson said that "all the signs are that (Moscow's) plan has already in some senses begun" and "there's no burnishing it".

"I'm afraid to say that the plan we are seeing is for something that could be really the biggest war in Europe since 1945 just in terms of sheer scale," Mr Johnson said.

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"People need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail."

People should not just consider the possible loss of life of Ukrainian residents, but also of "young Russians" as well, he added.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday called for Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet him and seek resolution to the crisis.

"I don't know what the president of the Russian Federation wants, so I am proposing a meeting," Mr Zelenskyy said at the Munich Security Conference, where he also met with US Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Mr Zelenskyy said Russia could pick the location for the talks.

"Ukraine will continue to follow only the diplomatic path for the sake of a peaceful settlement."

There has been no immediate response from the Kremlin.

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Mr Zelenskyy spoke hours after separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilisation on Saturday while Western leaders made increasingly dire warnings that a Russian invasion of its neighbour appeared imminent.

In new signs of fears that a war could start within days, Germany and Austria told their citizens to leave Ukraine.

German air carrier Lufthansa cancelled flights to the capital, Kyiv, and to Odessa, a Black Sea port that could be a key target in an invasion.

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