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Feb 15 4 tweets 3 min read
#BREAKING US Secretary of State Blinken tells Russian counterpart still possible to resolve Ukraine crisis 'peacefully': State Dept
#BREAKING Russian attack on Ukraine 'still very much a possibility,' US President Joe Biden says
#UPDATE US President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to push for a diplomatic resolution of the Ukraine crisis, but warned a Russian invasion remained "very much a possibility" and that retaliatory sanctions were primed and ready
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Timeline of the stand-off between Ukraine and Russia #AFPgraphics

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