UKRAINE GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO CALM CITIZENS NERVES DESPITE CONSTANT SHELLING FROM RUSSIA IS UNRELIABLE
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said the number of Russian troops deployed along his country's border was not enough for a major attack
On Tuesday, Ukrainian leaders tried to calm those living in their country by reassuring them that, while the threat of Russian invasion is real, it is not imminently expected,
According to The Associated Press. Russia, meanwhile, has denied it is planning an invasion despite massing an estimated 100,000 troops along the border and seizing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
Here's the latest. - The US has put around 8,500 troops on "high alert" to be ready to deploy to Eastern Europe, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said on Monday,
But President Biden told reporters on Tuesday that there is "no intention of putting American forces or NATO forces in Ukraine"
Canada has followed the US, UK, Germany and Australia by ordering family members of diplomatic staff stationed in Ukraine to leave the country on Tuesday, according to The Globe and Mail.
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