US warns Russia could launch attack on Ukraine at 'very short notice'

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Russia could launch a new attack on Ukraine at 'very short notice' but Washington would pursue diplomacy as long as it could, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to choose the 'peaceful path'.Russia could launch a new attack on Ukraine at "very short notice" but Washington would pursue diplomacy as long as it could, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The Kremlin said tension around Ukraine was increasing and it was still waiting for a written US response to its sweeping demands for security guarantees from the West.The pessimistic statements highlighted the gulf between Washington and Moscow as Mr Blinken gears up for a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday that a Russian foreign policy analyst called "probably the last stop before the train wreck".

"We know that there are plans in place to increase that force even more on very short notice, and that gives President Putin the capacity, also on very short notice, to take further aggressive action against Ukraine," he said.'No plans to attack, strike or invade' Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said he did not believe there was a risk of a large-scale war, reiterating Moscow had no plans to attack, strike or invade Ukraine.

Russia says it feels menaced by Kyiv's growing ties with the West, and wants to prevent Ukraine from ever joining NATO and for the alliance to pull back troops and weapons from eastern Europe. This could include arms control, risk reduction, and the scale and scope of military exercises, he said.

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