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#BREAKING Scholz, Biden demand 'real steps towards de-escalation' from Russia: statement
#BREAKING Russia has added "as many as 7,000" troops to Ukraine border in recent days: White House official
#BREAKING Russia could launch "false" pretext to invade Ukraine "at any moment": White House official
US accuses Russia of deploying thousands more troops to Ukraine border.

Russia has increased its presence on the border with Ukraine by "as many as 7,000 troops," White House official says, dismissing as false Russian claims of a withdrawal

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VIDEO: Ukraine's leader warns there’s no sign that Russia is withdrawing its forces.

"We are seeing small rotations. I would not call these rotations the withdrawal of forces by Russia. We cannot say that," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says
Ukraine: use of Russian and Ukrainian in school.

#AFPGraphics maps of Ukraine showing the proportion of secondary students (by province) educated in Ukrainian or Russian languages, in 2000 and 2019

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