President Joe Biden said Russia could invade Ukraine within a matter of days, ratcheting up warnings of a possible major conflict on Europe’s eastern border.

Kremlin leaders said this week that Moscow intended to pull back some forces from Ukraine’s border and hoped to continue diplomacy efforts over the standoff, claims that U.S. officials have rebuked.

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