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Moscow (AFP) – Russia held the door open Monday to further talks on resolving its standoff with the West and said some of its military drills were ending, signalling a possible easing of the crisis over Ukraine. As Western intelligence officials warned Wednesday could mark the start of an invasion, Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on national television the day would be marked as “Unity Day”. While the comments from President Vladimir Putin and his foreign and defence ministers seemed to offer hope of a de-escalation, the Pentagon said Russian forces on the border with Ukraine …