While Russia said it was ending some military drills, signalling a possible easing of the crisis, in Washington the alert level remained high with a top official calling the threat of invasion "more real than ever before."
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MOSCOW: Russia appeared to open the door Monday to a diplomatic resolution of the deepening Ukraine standoff, as the United States said it believed Vladimir Putin had yet to make a final decision on.
MOSCOW: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was due in Moscow Tuesday in search of a diplomatic solution to avoid a war in Ukraine as the West and Russia signalled tentative hopes of an easing in the tense standoff.