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Ukraine Tells Russia to Pull Back as U.S. Warns of Cost

  • Latest remarks follow Zelenskiy meeting with Erdogan in Turkey
  • Russia reiterates claim Ukraine is planning new offensive
Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits troops in the Donbas region, Ukraine, on April 8.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits troops in the Donbas region, Ukraine, on April 8.

Source: Ukrainian Presidential Office

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Ukraine urged Russia to pull back troops from its border as Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned the U.S. would impose “costs” on any Kremlin aggression.

Tensions between the two neighbors are the highest since the end of large-scale fighting in the conflict that began after President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea in 2014. The war over the status of two breakaway regions in Ukraine’s east has already cost more than 13,000 lives.