U.S. Receives Russian Response on De-Escalation: Ukraine Update
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will speak by phone Tuesday as diplomatic efforts continue to reduce tensions over Ukraine, while U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to travel to Ukraine to meet with its president.
The diplomatic flurry is running alongside a push by the U.S. and European Union to soon complete a package of potential Russian sanctions, with the U.K. looking at targeting “any company or individual of direct interest to the Russian state” if Moscow were to invade Ukraine. The U.S. and U.K. said that would include sanctions on oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin.