Russia is “poised to strike” Ukraine, the US said Saturday amid increasingly frantic warnings from the West about a possible invasion and an uptick in violence in the region. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who met with Baltic ministers in Vilnius, Lithuania, said Russian forces were beginning to “uncoil and move closer” to the Ukraine border, as President Vladimir Putin launched previously announced drills of Russia’s strategic nuclear missile forces.“We hope he steps back from the brink of conflict,” Austin said of Putin at a news conference.
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