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Good morning.

Welcome to Axios today.

It's Wednesday, January 19th.

I'm Erica Pandey and for Nila Boudou.

Here's what we're watching today.

The US government tries to fill thousands of new tech jobs.

Plus, they're surprising cities with the fastest job growth.

But first, a high stakes push for diplomacy on Ukraine is today's one big thing.

This is an extremely dangerous situation.

We're now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack in Ukraine.

That was the ominous warning from White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki yesterday.

Today, Secretary of State Tony Blinken is in Kiev to meet with the President of Ukraine.

And time is running out to find a diplomatic way to de-escalate the conflict with Russia.

Here to bring us up to speed is Axios World Editor Dave Waller.

Hey Dave.

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