By Brigid Kennedy The Week
The White House has backed off describing the possibility of a Russian invasion of Ukraine as “imminent,” Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday, explaining that the word sends an unintended message, per CNN’s Kevin Liptak.
The switch-up in language arrives after multiple reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukrainian security officials wanted the U.S. to tone down its war rhetoric, fearful that officials’ remarks were doing more harm than good.
