US says Russian attack no longer 'imminent' +++ Turkey offers mediation role in Ukraine | DW News

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Worries over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine are no longer worries of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. The White House says it will no longer use the word imminent to describe what Russia may be planning with its more than 100,000 soldiers positioned along the border with Ukraine.

This shift in language is overdue for some European allies, including the Ukrainian President who has told Washington to tone done the rhetoric for fear it could be creating a situation more than describing one. That said, there appears to be agreement that keeping up the pressure on Putin is the best way to deter war.

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Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired Army colonel and served as chief of staff to US Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002 until Powell's resignation in 2005.

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, says he could act as a mediator to defuse tensions over Russia's troop buildup at the Ukraine border.
Erdogan made the offer at a meeting with Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv and proposed Turkey host talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Erdogan has made the offer before. But Moscow is angered over Turkey's supply of combat drones to Kyiv.

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