The new timeframe is a sign of how imminent the White House believes a Russian attack against Ukraine could be, and how urgent peace talks have become.
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As part of this false narrative, Psaki said Russian proxies on social media are already accusing Ukraine of readying an imminent attack against Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine. For months, Kyiv has warned the U.S. and European allies that Russian troops were massing along its eastern border. The buildup has evoked Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea, a peninsula on the Black Sea, which sparked an international uproar and triggered a series of sanctions on Moscow.
"We are very ready and aligned with our partners and allies to impose those severe costs," Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said Monday.
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