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Amid growing tensions on the Russia-Ukraine border, a top US general has of "horrific" consequences of any armed conflict. General Mark Milley that any Russian action would in a significant number of deaths. He said: "An invasion will not cost-free in terms of casualties." General Milley reporters that Russia's 100,000 troops on Ukraine's border very worrying. He said: "This is larger in scale and scope in the massing of forces than anything we have in recent memory, and I think you'd to go back quite a while into the Cold War days to something of this magnitude." Russia says it has no plans to and says US support for Ukraine is the biggest threat.

Russia has the USA and NATO of the aggressors in the latest tensions. It says it is unacceptable for US and NATO forces to so close to Russia's borders. Moscow also for Ukraine to be banned from joining NATO. The US said this request was untenable. NATO said Ukraine had the right to its own allies. Russia said NATO should any military activity in Eastern Europe, and troops out of Poland and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In addition, it for NATO not to missiles in countries near or bordering Russia. Ukraine's President Zelensky has the West of creating "panic" over a possible invasion.