Some airlines cancelled flights to the Ukrainian capital and troops there unloaded fresh shipments of weapons from NATO members Sunday, as its president sought to project confidence in the face of U.S. warnings of possible invasion within days by a growing number of Russian forces.
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- intelligence officials believe targeting the military exercise is just one of multiple options that Russia has weighed as a possibility for a false pretext for an invasion.
- Ukraine’s president says Ukraine is under “safe and reliable protection” against feared attack by a far stronger Russian military.
- The Biden administration has become increasingly outspoken about its concerns that Russia will stage an incident in the coming days.
- Some residents in Kyiv are skeptical any Russian move would be economic, military, or happen at all.
- The White House has underscored that they do not know with certainty if President Vladimir Putin has made a final determination to launch an invasion of Ukraine.