White House ditches Russia-Ukraine ‘imminent’ threat assessment

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The White House is distancing itself from its previous assessment that Russia poses an “imminent” threat to Ukraine.

Press secretary Jen Psaki contended she and her administration colleagues had deployed the descriptor “once” regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans in neighboring Ukraine.

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