Britain's defense secretary is visiting Moscow for talks on easing tensions amid massive Russian war games near Ukraine.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby discusses the diplomatic talks to de-escalate tensions.MOSCOW -- Britain's defense secretary visited Moscow on Friday in another effort to ease tensions over a possible invasion ofby Russia, which held massive war games near its neighbor and insisted that the standoff with the West wasn't “our fault.”
He noted that shipments of weapons to Ukraine by the U.S., Britain and other allies have contributed to the tensions and pointed to the recent deployment of British soldiers to Ukraine, asking why they were sent and how long they will stay. He reaffirmed that a Russian invasion would have “tragic consequences” and emphasized the need to maintain contacts between military forces to prevent incidents.
Speaking Friday on a visit to Australia, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not detail the reasons behind the latest State Department’s security alert urging all American citizens to leave Ukraine. Moscow has announced sweeping drills in the Black and Azov seas in the coming days and closed large areas for commercial shipping, drawing a strong protest from Ukraine on Thursday.
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