Sec. of State Antony Blinken said that the U.S. was open to discussing limits on missile deployments and troop exercises in Europe during talks with Russia this week over Ukraine.
Sunday night and Monday in Geneva, kicking off a critical week of diplomacy between Moscow and the West over Russian President Vladimir Putin menacing neighboring Ukraine.For example, he said,"there may be grounds for renewing" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, from which the Trump administration withdrew and which the U.S. accuses Russia of violating.
Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces, the military reserve of the Ukrainian Armes Forces secures on a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near to Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, Jan. 8, 2022. As President Joe Biden has threatened in the past, Blinken promised"massive consequences" for Russia if it invades Ukraine -- promising they would go beyond those that the West imposed on Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014 -- saying the U.S. and European allies have coordinated on"economic, financial and other consequences."
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