U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: Russia will send more troops on the Ukrainian border or invade at any time

The Lianhe Zaobao reported on February 11 that U.S. Secretary of State Blinken said Russia was massaging more soldiers on the Ukrainian border and warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin at any time, including during the Winter Olympics.

Blinken made the remarks at a press conference in Melbourne on the same day after attending the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the United States, Japan, Australia and India. "We are in a window period where the invasion could start at any time, to be clear, including during the Olympics," he said. Blinken also said Washington would continue to evacuate personnel from the embassy in Ukraine.

Recently, the deterioration of Russian-Ukrainian relations has accelerated, and the two sides have deployed a large number of military personnel and weapons and equipment in the border areas of the two countries. The United States, Ukraine and NATO claim that Russia has gathered heavy troops in the area near the eastern border of Ukraine and has the potential to "invade". The Russian side denied this, stressing that NATO activities threaten russia's border security and that russia has the right to mobilize troops within its territory to defend its territory.

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