In a televised meeting, President Vladimir Putin was told that diplomatic talks had not yet been exhausted.
The comments come after more than a dozen nations urged their citizens to leave Ukraine, and the US said aerial bombardments could begin at any time
Russia has always denied plans to invade Ukraine, despite massing more than one hundred thousand troops on the border.
In the meantime, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said there was still time for Russia to step back from the situation with Ukraine, urging all sides to carry on talking.
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