Diplomatic efforts continue amid Russian threat to Ukraine
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A Ukrainian serviceman smokes a cigarette after the end of his duty at the frontline positions near Zolote, Ukraine, today. The buildup of over 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine has fueled Western worries of a possible offensive. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Sunday that Russia could invade Ukraine "any day," triggering a conflict that would come at an "enormous human cost."ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman mans a heavy machine gun at a frontline position in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman is illuminated by a mobile phone flash as he pauses in a bunker listening to distant mortar fire at a frontline position in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today. International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washington to coordinate policies as fears of a Russian invasion mounted.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman holds his weapon at a frontline position in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman uses a periscope wrapped in textile bandages to observe a frontline position in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service today, Detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet passes through ice fields in La Perouse Strait from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk. The Russian military has launched a series of drills amid tensions with the West over Ukraine.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian service man walks on a frontline position in the Luhansk reagion, eastern Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, left, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend a joint news conference following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to French President Emmanuel Macron during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, today. Macron traveled to Moscow in a bid to help defuse tensions amid a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine that fueled fears of an invasion.ASSOCIATED PRESS
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, arrives at the Kremlin to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today in Moscow.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian serviceman watches Anna Pylypivna, one of the few residents who did not leave the frontline village of Novooleksandrivka, eastern Ukraine, handle firewood, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak, left, at the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Main Building, in London, today.ASSOCIATED PRESS
German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht, left, rides in a tank during her visit to the Tank Training Brigade 9 in Munster, Germany, today. Germany says it will add up to 350 troops to a NATO battlegroup it leads in Lithuania, an announcement that comes amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine and criticism of Berlin's refusal to send weapons to Kyiv. Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said during a trip to troops in northern Germany today that the extra soldiers will be dispatched "within a few days."