Latest updates: US president said he remained prepared to engage in diplomacy but warned he was prepared for other scenarios
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- Ukrainians in Kyiv shrug off threat of Russian invasion
US president Joe Biden on Saturday night warned Russian president Vladimir Putin that the US would “impose swift and severe costs on Russia” if his forces invaded Ukraine.
In a phone call that lasted more than an hour, the US president said an invasion would “produce widespread human suffering and diminish Russia’s standing”.
