Blinken launches fresh diplomatic push in Ukraine as fears of Russian invasion mount

Fearing that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent , the United States launched a fresh effort Wednesday to resolve the standoff even as Moscow continued to mass troops on its neighbor’s doorstep.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a hastily arranged diplomatic mission that signaled the urgency of the crisis.

Blinken was also set to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on Friday, even after a flurry of negotiations last week produced no breakthrough and lowered hopes for de-escalation.With Europe facing one of its greatest security […]

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