![]() ![]() ![]() Mr Blinken said the four were at the centre of a Kremlin effort which began in 2020 to damage Ukraine’s ability to “independently function”.Ī convoy of Russian armoured vehicles moves along a road in Crimea (AP) On Thursday in Berlin, Mr Blinken warned of a “swift, severe” response from the US and its allies if an invasion is launched, and the US treasury department slapped new sanctions on four Ukrainian officials. He said the US and its allies were committed to diplomacy, but were also committed, “if that proves impossible, and Russia decides to pursue aggression against Ukraine, to a united, swift and severe response”.īut he said he also wanted to use the opportunity to share directly with Mr Lavrov some “concrete ideas to address some of the concerns that you have raised, as well as the deep concerns that many of us have about Russia’s actions”.Īfter meeting with Ukraine’s president in Kyiv and top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany in Berlin this week, Mr Blinken faces Mr Lavrov in a meeting that is shaping up as a possible last-ditch effort at dialogue and a negotiated agreement – but both sides sticking to so-far irreconcilable red lines. Mr Blinken repeated that warning on Friday. US secretary of state Antony Blinken, left, and Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
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