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The U.S. is providing $200 million more in military aid to Ukraine amid increasing worries that Russia is planning an invasion, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a hastily arranged visit to Kyiv to meet with senior officials.

From Kyiv, Blinken will travel to Berlin, where he will meet with his German, British and French counterparts to discuss a possible response to any Russian military action. In Geneva on Friday, Blinken will be testing Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Russia’s interest in a “diplomatic off-ramp” for the crisis, the State Department said.

CIA Director William Burns visited Kyiv last Wednesday to consult with his Ukrainian counterparts and discuss current assessments of the risk to Ukraine, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss Burns’ schedule, which is classified. While there, he also discussed the current situation with Zelenskyy and efforts to de-escalate tensions., discussing the diplomatic talks and meetings held last week.

Lavrov reaffirmed that Russia expects a written response this week from the U.S. and its allies to Moscow’s request for binding guarantees that NATO will not embrace Ukraine or any other ex-Soviet countries or station its forces and weapons there. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Lavrov emphasized in the call with Blinken the key aspects of Russian draft documents envisaging “legally binding guarantees of Russia’s security in line with the principle of indivisibility of security approved by all countries in the Euro-Atlantic.” It said Lavrov stressed the importance for Washington to quickly deliver a written response to the Russian proposals.

 

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I wish for world peace.

VivaRevolt «Fuck the European Union»?

More wasted money let it go

The odd announcement about Russia planning an attack on its own troops and blaming it on Ukraine so they can attack is now starting to make more sense…Biden needed to find a creative way to give more of US tax dollars to Ukraine…prolly to help keep Hunter’s business bankrolled.

why is it so hard for our politicians to stop giving our money to foreign countries? It’s not our job to fund their military especially before any fighting even happens

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