After the talks in Geneva, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of a"swift, severe" response if Russia invades Ukraine after massing troops near its border. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow was still waiting for a written response to its demands for security guarantees.
"We've been clear - if any Russian military forces move across Ukraine's border, that's a renewed invasion. It will be met with swift, severe and a united response from the United States and our partners and allies."Describing the meeting as open and useful, he said Moscow would understand whether talks were on the right track once it had received a written response to its sweeping security demands from the United States.
Tatiana Stanovaya, head of political analysis firm R.Politik, commented on Telegram:"This is partly a trap, of course, because any such written response will be used to discredit the US negotiating position." Asked about the possibility of a summit between President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden, Lavrov was circumspect.
Biden and his administration sought to row back on that on Thursday, with the president saying that"if any, any assembled Russian units move across the Ukrainian border that is an invasion". Blinken spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba over the phone on Friday and briefed him on his meetings with European and Russian officials, the State Department said in a statement, reaffirming Washington's support for Kyiv.
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