Blinken ended his visit to Kyiv: he summed up the results
Anthony Blinken
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has completed a visit to Kyiv and is heading to Berlin. He announced this on Twitter,
Ukraine , Ukraingate , 20 , January , 2022 | Ukraine News
Quote:
“I have completed a productive trip to Kyiv, where I reaffirmed our unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States is committed to strengthening our relations with Ukraine as we work to protect ourselves from Russian aggression. The next stop is Berlin, ”the US Secretary of State wrote.
Details
Blinken is heading to Germany, where she intends to meet with Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock.
After that, the US Secretary of State will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Context
For the past few months, Ukrainian authorities and Western partners have been drawing attention to Russia’s aggravation of the security situation in Donbas, the build-up of Russian forces along the border with Ukraine, the danger of a new Russian invasion and growing Russian disinformation.
Russia has made a number of demands for so-called “security guarantees” for the United States and NATO. These include the reduction of US troops and armaments in Europe, as well as the refusal to further expand the North Atlantic Alliance to the east by admitting Ukraine and Georgia to NATO. A series of talks in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna last week ended, according to Moscow, “unsuccessfully”, increasing the risk of escalation of the conflict around Ukraine. The West calls on Moscow to withdraw troops from the Ukrainian border and threatens large-scale sanctions in the event of a possible invasion.
Source: Ukrgate
