As the West warily eyes Russian troop movements near Ukraine, European leaders have headed to the region for last-minute diplomacy, buoyed by signals from the Kremlin that there is still a way to head off a feared invasion and avoid war.After weeks of rising tensions over Ukraine, the tenor changed Monday, when Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov indicated Russia was ready to keep talking about the security grievances that have led to the crisis.The rays of hope emerged even as the Australian government upgraded its Ukraine travel advice to "crisis", warning "the threat of armed conflict in Ukraine is increasing" on their Smart Traveller website.
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