U.S. and Russia reported no breakthroughs at talks to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, where 100,000 Russian troops await near its border.
GENEVA (AN) — The top U.S. and Russian diplomats reported no breakthroughs on Friday from a meeting to defuse the crisis in Ukraine, where some 100,000 Russian troops are positioned near the border in a standoff that Europe fears could erupt into war.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed after their hour and a half meeting to keep the channels of diplomacy open, though they reported no apparent progress in resolving the conflict.
U.N. human rights experts condemned the 'malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios.'
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the E.U. would loan Kyiv up to €35 billion (US$39 billion).
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