U.S. State Department Secretary Blinken And Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov To Speak Again Today About Ukraine Crisis

 

VOA: Blinken, Lavrov Set for Talks After US-Russia Showdown at UN 

The top diplomats from the United States and Russia are expected to speak by phone Tuesday, a day after United Nations representatives from the two countries faced off at the U.N. Security Council over Russian-denied allegations that it is planning a large-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine. 

Tuesday’s diplomatic efforts to address the crisis also include a trip by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. "We urge Russia to step back and engage in dialogue to find a diplomatic resolution and avoid further bloodshed," Johnson said in a statement. 

Britain, like the United States and other Western allies, has provided weapons to Ukraine, and Johnson is considering doubling British troops in the Baltic countries. 

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WNU Editor: I mentioned this before. There is no common ground between the two sides. That is why I have zero expectations that anything will come out from today's phone call. 

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