Diplomatic flurry to avert Russia-NATO clash over Ukraine

Russian military deployment on the borders with Ukraine

Macron will meet pro-Western Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday in Kyiv

With war clouds gathering over Ukraine, international diplomacy goes into overdrive on Monday with the French and Russian presidents to talk in Moscow and the German chancellor heading to the White House to meet with US leader Joe Biden.

Also on Monday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet with Biden in Washington.