Russian President Vladimir Putin's military is as ready as it can be to launch what the United States believes could be a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with 80 percent of troops assembled around Ukraine in attack positions, a senior US official said on Wednesday.
“He is as ready as he can be. We've been saying any day now and it's certainly possible that today is that day,” the US defense official said, without predicting an invasion would take place on Wednesday.
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