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Ukraine announces “invasion date” plan Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has declared February 16 – when the US claimed Russia might “invade” Ukraine – a day of national unity. “On this day, we will fly our national flags, put on blue-and-yellow ribbons and show our unity to the entire world,” he said Monday. Zelensky’s “invasion” comments – quoted by some US outlets at face value – reportedly triggered a sell-off on the US stock market and a rush on gold and crude oil, prompting the president’s office to clarify that he had said it “with irony.”