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Biden administration warns of possibly imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Associated Press

Feb. 11, 2022

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President Joe Biden gives a thumbs up as he walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 11, in Washington to travel to Camp David, Md.
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President Joe Biden walks to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Friday, Feb. 11, in Washington to travel to Camp David, Md.
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US Navy fighter jets fly during the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, near the Black Sea port city of Constanta, eastern Romania, Friday, Feb. 11. Stoltenberg paid an official visit to Romania on Friday, where he joined the country's president Klaus Iohannis at a military airbase that will host some of the 1,000 U.S. troops deployed to the country as the alliance bolsters its forces on the eastern flank as tensions soar between Russia and Ukraine.
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U.S. soldiers line up during the visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase, near the Black Sea port city of Constanta, eastern Romania, Friday, Feb. 11. Stoltenberg paid an official visit to Romania on Friday, where he joined the country's president Klaus Iohannis at a military airbase that will host some of the 1,000 U.S. troops deployed to the country as the alliance bolsters its forces on the eastern flank as tensions soar between Russia and Ukraine.
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In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu walk during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 11. Wallace's trip came a day after British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss also held talks in Moscow. She urged Russia to pull back over 100,000 troops near Ukraine and warned that attacking would "have massive consequences and carry severe costs." Russia says it has no plans to invade but wants the West to keep Ukraine and other former Soviet countries out of NATO.
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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update about Ukraine during a press briefing at the White House, Friday, Feb. 11, in Washington.
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A man holds his luggage as he crosses from pro-Russian separatists to Ukrainian government controlled territory in Stanytsia Luhanska, the only crossing point which is open daily, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 11. The chill of a Cold War hung over Eastern Europe again Friday, with Russian maneuvers and drills close to Ukraine, and NATO's chief boosting troop morale on the Black Sea.
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A man struggles with luggage as he crosses from pro-Russian separatists to Ukrainian government controlled territory in Stanytsia Luhanska, the only crossing point which is open daily, in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 11. The chill of a Cold War hung over Eastern Europe again Friday, with Russian maneuvers and drills close to Ukraine, and NATO's chief boosting troop morale on the Black Sea.
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An Ukrainian serviceman flashes the V for victory sign during unpacking shipment of military aid delivered as part of the United States of America's security assistance to Ukraine, at the Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 11. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Thursday the Ukraine crisis has grown into "the most dangerous moment" for Europe in decades, while his top diplomat held icy talks with her Moscow counterpart who said the Kremlin won't accept lectures from the West.
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RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP

In this handout photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Feb. 10, The Russian navy's amphibious assault ship Kaliningrad sails into the Sevastopol harbor in Crimea. The Russian navy has sent six amphibious assault ships into the Black Sea as part of a buildup of forces near Ukraine that stoked Western fears of an invasion.
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Ukrainian servicemen walk on an armored fighting vehicle during an exercise in a Joint Forces Operation controlled area in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10. A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian military buildup near the country's borders and rising tensions about whether Moscow will invade.
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A Ukrainian soldier trains during military drills close to Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10. Britain's top diplomat has urged Russia to take the path of diplomacy even as thousands of Russian troops engaged in sweeping maneuvers in Belarus as part of a military buildup near Ukraine.

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