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Here is the latest from AAP on warnings Russia is on the brink of war with Ukraine, echoed by defence minister Peter Dutton.

As the US government warned a Russian invasion could occur in the coming days, Dutton said there were multiple signs this was on the cards.

You would expect that president [Vladimir] Putin, who obviously can’t be taken at his word, is manufacturing some sort of trigger, or is in the process of executing the final stages of his plan to go into Ukraine.

That really is going to result in the loss of innocent life. We’ve seen it before in eastern Europe, we don’t want it repeated but we live in a very uncertain world.

This is an issue Nato and Europe need to deal with and those European leaders really need to step up and put the pressure, even more pressure, on Russia to stop them.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/feb/18/australia-news-live-updates-covid-omicron-coronavirus-nsw-victoria-scott-morrison-weather

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