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    Biden says he believes Putin has already decided to invade Ukraine

    by Noah Bierman, Nabih Bulos and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Feb 18, 2022 5 minutes

    KYIV, Ukraine — President Joe Biden said Friday he was convinced Russian leader Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine, as the situation in the former Soviet republic took a more ominous turn toward war.

    “We believe that they will target Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, a city of 2.8 million innocent people,” Biden said in a somber White House address. “We’re calling out Russia’s plans loudly and repeatedly, not because we want a conflict, but because we’re doing everything in our power to remove any reasons that Russia may give to justify invading Ukraine.”

    Though Biden said “diplomacy is always a possibility,” the president’s admission that he is “convinced” that Putin has already made a decision to invade neighboring Ukraine left little hope that Western powers might avert a deadly, disruptive and economically damaging conflict.

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