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Barney Davis

Biden warns Putin Ukraine invasion would cause ‘widespread suffering’

US President Joe Biden has reportedly warned Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” in an hour-long phone call.

The two men spoke a day after Washington and its allies warned that the Russian military, which has 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, could invade at any moment.

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