Foreign Minister Lavrov has informed Secretary Blinken that the “propaganda campaign” about “Russian aggression” against Ukraine has provocative purposes, and reiterated Russia’s security concerns about NATO’s plans to expand further east, the Russian Foreign Ministry has indicated in a readout of Saturday’s talks. “The minister emphasised that the propaganda campaign ...
The US State Department has told non-emergency personnel at its embassy in Ukraine to leave due to reports of Russian troop build-up near the border with Ukraine and “potential for significant military action,” the US embassy in Kiev said. “Today, the @StateDept ordered non-emergency U.S. employees at the Embassy to ...