KYIV: Ukraine on Sunday (Monday in Manila) pushed back at "apocalyptic predictions" over a potential Russian invasion, after US officials sounded dire warnings that Moscow had stepped up its preparations for a major incursion.

US officials said the Kremlin had assembled 110,000 troops along the border with its pro-Western neighbor but intelligence assessments have not determined whether President Vladimir Putin has actually decided to invade.

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