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(CNN)Far from a de-escalation, the standoff between Russia and the US over Ukraine feels more tense each day.
President Joe Biden warned on Thursday that an attack on Ukraine could come in days.
The White House also accused Russia of conducting "Potemkin diplomacy" -- a reference to the 18th-century Russian "Potemkin villages," facades without anything behind them.
Fake diplomacy? That's because while Russia claims to be trying to defuse the situation and pulling back, the US is seeing evidence to the contrary and warns Russia could launch a false-flag attack -- something to essentially justify an invasion of Ukraine.
Making the case. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to the United Nations Thursday and laid out the American case. He told the Security Council that Russia is laying the groundwork to justify starting a war and preparing to launch an attack on Ukraine in the coming days.
"Here today, we are laying it out in great detail with the hope that by sharing what we know with the world, we can influence Russia to abandon the path of war and choose a different path while there's still time," he said.
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