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U.S.: Over 130,000 Russian troops now staged outside Ukraine

By E. KNICKMEYER, J. HEINTZ plomacy to try to stave off
and AAMER MADHANI a feared Russian military of-
Associated Press fensive.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some The Biden administration
airlines canceled flights to has become increasingly
the Ukrainian capital and outspoken about its con-
troops there unloaded fresh cerns that Russia will stage
shipments of weapons from an incident in the coming
NATO members Sunday, as days that would create a
its president sought to proj- false pretext for an invasion
ect confidence in the face of Ukraine.
of U.S. warnings of possible U.S. and European intel-
invasion within days by a ligence findings in recent
growing number of Russian days have sparked worries
forces. that Russia may try to tar-
President Volodymyr Zelen- get a scheduled Ukrainian
skyy spoke to President Joe military exercise slated for
Biden for about an hour, Tuesday in eastern Ukraine
insisting that Ukrainians had to launch such a “false-
the country under “safe flag operation,” accord-
and reliable protection” ing to two people familiar
against feared attack by with the matter. They spoke
a far stronger Russian mili- on condition of anonymity
tary, aides said afterward. because they were not au-
The White House said both thorized to speak publicly In this handout photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President
agreed to keep pushing about it. Volodymyr Zelenskyy works in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022.
both deterrence and di- Continued on Page 2 Associated Press