In a dramatic, previously unscheduled speech to the United Nations in New York, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said intelligence showed Moscow could order an assault on its neighbour in the 'coming days'.
WASHINGTON - The United States said Thursday that Russia is on the verge of unleashing a massive military attack against Ukraine, dismissing Moscow's claim to be pulling forces back, as artillery fire hit a Ukrainian kindergarten.
Russia denies any invasion plans but warned of "military-technical measures" if its far-reaching demands for a US and Nato pullback from eastern Europe aren't satisfied. He added, however, that diplomacy is not dead. "There is a path. There is a way through this," he said. "We insist on the withdrawal of all US armed forces in Central Europe, Eastern Europe and the Baltics."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted that the attack "by pro-Russian forces is a big provocation."
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