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Vladimir Putin has sent medical teams to join his 100,000 troops massing on the Ukrainian border - this after a week of Biden's full on diplomacy.
Meanwhile, the United States has asked the UN Security Council to meet on Monday - a body on which Russia has a veto - for what purpose I'm not sure. Maybe he wants them to write a stern letter? Any country could call for a procedural vote which would block the meeting.
China also has a veto.
"Russia is engaging in other destabilizing acts aimed at Ukraine, posing a clear threat to international peace and security and the U.N. Charter," Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement.
"This is not a moment to wait and see. The council's full attention is needed now, and we look forward to direct and purposeful discussion on Monday," she said.
"As we continue our relentless pursuit of diplomacy to de-escalate tensions in the face of this serious threat to European and global peace and security, the U.N. Security Council is a crucial venue for diplomacy," she concluded.
So after a week of Biden's diplomacy, is it more or less likely that Russia will invade Ukraine?
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