Tensions remain high in Ukraine as Russian invasion looms
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A Ukrainian serviceman marks with tape impact areas from shells that landed close to their positions during the night on a front line outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to keep talking with the West on Moscow's security demands, a signal from the Kremlin that it intends to continue diplomatic efforts amid U.S. warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman walks on a front line position outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian servicemen survey the impact areas from shells that landed close to their positions during the night on a front line outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian servicemen survey the impact area of a rocket that landed close to their positions during the night on a front line outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman walks by a cross in memory of a soldier killed near that spot in 2018, on a front line position outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian servicemen talk at a frontline position, outside Popasna, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vendors wait for customers at their fruit market stall in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man holding flowers walks past a board displaying currency exchange in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A couple kisses on a street in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, today.