Tensions remain high as Russian invasion of Ukraine fails to materialize
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Valentyna Melnychenko listens to members of the Joint Centre for Control and Coordination on ceasefire of the demarcation line, or JCCC, surveying damage to her home from an artillery shell that landed in Vrubivka, one of the at least eight that hit the village today, according to local officials, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden warned that Russia could still invade Ukraine within days and Russia expelled the No. 2 diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, as tensions flared anew in the worst East-West standoff in decades.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian National guard soldier, left, holds his weapon ready as he guards the mobile checkpoint with the Ukrainian Security Service agents and police officers in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian National guard soldiers guard the mobile checkpoint toghether with the Ukrainian Security Service agents and police officers during a joint operation in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian National guard soldier guards the mobile checkpoint together with the Ukrainian Security Service agents and police officers during a joint operation in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian National guard soldiers check a car at a mobile checkpoint together with the Ukrainian Security Service agents and police officers during a joint operation in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian National guard soldiers check a car at a mobile checkpoint together with the Ukrainian Security Service agents and police officers during a joint operation, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian National guard soldiers check a car at a mobile checkpoint together with the Ukrainian Security Service agents and police officers during a joint operation, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Warsaw residents hold the national emblems and flag of Poland's neighbour Ukraine as they take part in a rally of support for Ukraine at the foot of the Palace of Culture and Science, illuminated in Ukraine's blue and yellow colours, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, today. Poland is expressing solidarity with neighbour Ukraine, as Russia has massed an estimated 150,000-plus troops on Ukraine's frontier but denies it is plotting an invasion. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Warsaw resident with a sign reading "Warsaw, Kyiv Common Cause" takes part in a rally of support for Poland's neighbour Ukraine at the foot of the Palace of Culture and Science, illuminated in Ukraine's blue and yellow colours, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Supporters of Poland's left-wing party Lewica, with Ukraine's blue and yellow national colours, taking part in a rally of support for Ukraine at the foot of the Palace of Culture and Science illuminated blue and yellow, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, today.