The head of the CIA visited Europe ahead of Blinken s trip this week as Washington tries to rally allies against Moscow if Vladimir Putin presses ahead with plans to invade Ukraine.
Antony Blinken today warned that Russia could launch an invasion of the Ukraine on very short notice after arriving at the US embassy in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
The Ukraine-Russian border region has been on a knife-edge since the end of last year when Moscow moved as many as 100,000 troops, as well as tanks and missiles, close to the border.
Britain s Ministry of Defence chiefs are worried about a much larger Russian incursion into Ukraine, raising fears of warfare engulfing cities and high civilian death tolls
The White House on Tuesday said it believed a Russian invasion of Ukraine could come at any time, as Press Secretary Jen Psaki warned of an extremely dangerous situation at the border.