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Blinken to meet with senior Russian as Ukraine tensions soar
apnews.com ^ | 1/18/2022 | By MATTHEW LEE today

Posted on 01/18/2022 3:04:14 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between the U.S. and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, the State Department said Tuesday.

The State Department said Blinken will travel to Kyiv on Wednesday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, move on to Berlin and then meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Geneva on Friday. The hastily arranged trip aims to show U.S. support for Ukraine and impress on Russia the need for de-escalation.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki underscored the urgency. “We’re now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack in Ukraine. And what Secretary Blinken is going to go do is highlight very clearly there is a diplomatic path forward,” she said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blinken; invasion; nato; putinsbuttboys; russia; sergeylavrov; switzerland; ukraine

1 posted on 01/18/2022 3:04:14 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

What is Blinkyn doing about the invasion of America on the Southern Border?


2 posted on 01/18/2022 3:06:11 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: RomanSoldier19

Blinken to meet with senior Russian and promise America won’t interfere.


3 posted on 01/18/2022 3:09:56 PM PST by TygertLane
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To: RomanSoldier19

Prediction: Senior Russian 1, Blinken 0.


4 posted on 01/18/2022 3:20:46 PM PST by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: RomanSoldier19

A repeat of Neville Chamberlain’s Peace in our time.


5 posted on 01/18/2022 3:23:33 PM PST by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of people's money." Margaret Thatche)
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To: The Great RJ

Chamberlain wanted peace, Biteme wants war.


6 posted on 01/18/2022 3:27:13 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

History says your comment is kind of stupid. If Chamberlin wanted peace and got war then Blinken being ready for war has a better shot at peace than appeasement does.


7 posted on 01/18/2022 3:35:21 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: beethovenfan

Blinken will make sure to get his talking points from POTUS Hillary Clinton.


8 posted on 01/18/2022 3:40:41 PM PST by Sam Gamgee
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To: RomanSoldier19

We’ve created the tension by using Ukraine as a battering ram against Russia. The question is, what’s the end game? A war with Russia?


9 posted on 01/18/2022 3:49:00 PM PST by Kazan
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To: TygertLane

Well, there will be Harris, aka Winken. Then Blinken. Finally there will be Biden,aka Nod.


10 posted on 01/18/2022 4:02:51 PM PST by Parmy
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To: The Great RJ

Herr Putin's signature is on this paper...

11 posted on 01/18/2022 4:15:04 PM PST by Tallguy
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To: RomanSoldier19

Hunter has Brandon Stalin beholden to Putin now.

Ukraine is Russia’s in 10-9-8….


12 posted on 01/18/2022 5:43:31 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: RomanSoldier19
Putin has a pistol against Ukraine's head and weak Biden's answer is lets keep talking. UK in contrast, sent a planeload of anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.
13 posted on 01/19/2022 5:14:13 AM PST by tlozo
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