The US has loaded military equipment to send to Ukraine amid fears of a looming Russia invasion. The Pentagon has placed about 8,500 US troops on stand-by for possible deployment to Europe. Latest on Russia-Ukraine tensions here:
Meanwhile, Russia's foreign minister said Liz Truss had"agreed a date" to visit Moscow within the next two weeks.Last week, she declassified intelligence that suggested Mr Putin was plotting to install a pro-Moscow leader as head of Ukraine's government.'Are you downplaying risk of Russian attack?'It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy"But media give the impression, if one is not here, that we have a war, that we have army in the streets...
Similarly, the Kremlin said it saw"little ground for optimism" in resolving the crisis after the US rejected Russia's main demands again.
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