By Anton Troianovski, Marc Santora, Christopher F. Schuetze and Andrew E. Kramer
New York Times
February 14, 2022
MOSCOW — Even with Russian warships massing off Ukraine’s Black Sea coast and the United States warning that Russian ground forces are poised to strike Ukraine from multiple directions, Russia’s top diplomat said on Monday that the possibility of a diplomatic resolution to the crisis was “far from exhausted.”
Another hint of averting war came from Ukraine’s president, who said Monday that his country might have to abandon the possibility of joining NATO — a central Russian demand in a confrontation that threatens the largest military conflict…