Officials are seeking to avert a military conflict. Roughly 100 thousand russian troops are stationed near the ukranian border. The white house continues to believe russia could invade ukraine at any time. Further diplomatic discussions would be the preferable way forward, but again, it is really up to r Russia to decide which path it wiull pursue.
The US is negotiating to stop Russia from invading Ukraine, but a Germany-backed natural gas project complicates things.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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