President Biden said Friday he plans to send a small number of U.S. forces to Eastern Europe in the “near term” amid growing fears of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.  



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Biden says he'll send troops to Eastern Europe in 'near term'

Russia reported more than 100,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time on on Saturday as the country weathers a surge of infections driven by the highly contagious Omicron variant.

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Russia sees over 100,000 daily COVID cases for first time

Ongoing demographic woes have been exacerbated by the pandemic, with figures showing more than 660,000 had died with COVID-19 since the country's first recorded case.

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Russia loses a million people in historic population fall

The president's comments come after the US rejected Moscow's main demands over Ukraine

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Putin says West has ‘ignored’ key concerns in Ukraine stand-off

By Natalia Zinets and Pavel Polityuk KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he could not rule out a further escalation of tensions with Russia but he criticised what he said was too much "panic" weighing on the economy. He spoke after Russian President Vladimir Putin said the United States and NATO had not addressed Moscow's main security demands in the East-West

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Ukraine's president seeks to calm down 'panic' over Russia tensions

Lukashenko made the remarks in a speech to lawmakers and officials. Moscow and Minsk are set to hold joint drills in Belarus to the north of Ukraine next month. The drills have put the West on edge amid a wider Russian military buildup. The Belarusian leader said the drills would help Minsk understand where it needed to concentrate forces.

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War only possible if Belarus or Russia attacked, says Lukashenko

Russia sends strongest signal so far that it is willing to engage with U.S. security proposals. Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near the Ukrainian border as it presses demands for a redrawing of post-Cold War security arrangements in Europe. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the West was ignoring Russia's interests.

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