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Ukraine tension: Urgent US-Russia talks in Geneva as invasion fears grow - BBC News

Ukraine tension: Urgent US-Russia talks in Geneva as invasion fears grow - BBC News

Ukraine tension: Urgent US-Russia talks in Geneva as invasion fears grow - BBC News
Jan 21, 2022 1 min, 37 secs

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are meeting for talks in Geneva amid mounting fears that Russia could be about to invade Ukraine.

On Thursday Mr Blinken warned Moscow of grave consequences if any of its forces crossed the border.

After discussions in Berlin with British, French and German officials on Thursday, Mr Blinken said that allowing a Russian incursion into Ukraine would "drag us all back to a much more dangerous and unstable time, when this continent, and this city, were divided in two...

State Department officials have said Mr Blinken will seek to offer Mr Lavrov a "diplomatic off-ramp" to ease tensions.

For its part, the Kremlin says the diplomats will take stock of talks so far on the Ukraine crisis, and that Russia is not expecting the US to provide a formal response to its proposals.

Mr Blinken could offer Russia more transparency on military exercises in the region, or suggest reviving restrictions on missiles in Europe.

The same day, the US warned that Russian intelligence officers have been recruiting current and former Ukrainian government officials to step in as a provisional government and cooperate with an occupying Russian force in the event of an invasion.

President Biden was heavily criticised for comments he made on Wednesday, when he bleakly predicted that Russia "will move in" on Ukraine, but appeared to suggest a "minor incursion" could attract a weaker response from the US and its allies.

Speaking alongside Mr Blinken, Germany's new Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock pledged immediate action against any Russian invasion and did not rule out imposing measures that "could have economic consequences for ourselves".

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