Ukraine, US find way to avert invasion

By Xinhua News Agency

Feb 15, 2022 12:23 am

KIEV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden held a telephone conversation on Sunday (Monday in Manila) to discuss the security situation around Ukraine, Zelensky's press service said.

Zelensky and Biden have exchanged information and discussed ways of de-escalation, said a statement on the Ukrainian presidential website.

PREPARING FOR WAR Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen unload a plane carrying US military aid at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 (February 6 in Manila) as US soldiers also arrived in Poland on Saturday as part of NATO moves to send in extra troops over fears that Russia could invade Ukraine. Western capitals have accused Russia of amassing some 100,000 troops on the borders of pro-Western Ukraine in preparation for an invasion and have vowed to impose devastating sanctions on Moscow if it attacks. AFP PHOTO

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