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Ukraine needs us, we need Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said after talks in Berlin with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. We have to stand together and find the right answers to this Russian aggression. In an interview published Friday by German daily Bild, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on European powers not to leave us alone against Russia. I don't want Europe to give me promises. I need deeds, he said. The United States has warned that Moscow is preparing a military offensive and urged NATO allies to take measures to protect themselves from the Kremlin's aggression.? But US President Joe Biden's administration has also been accused of sending mixed signals, with media reports saying it was seeking to ease tensions. Washington and Berlin have sought to downplay those claims, insisting there had been no change in US policy toward Ukraine and Russia. We are united on this, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Bild. We will not give in.
Ukraine needs us, we need Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said after talks in Berlin with her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. We have to stand together and find the right answers to this Russian aggression. In an interview published Friday by German daily Bild, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on European powers not to leave us alone against Russia. I don't want Europe to give me promises. I need deeds, he said. The United States has warned that Moscow is preparing a military offensive and urged NATO allies to take measures to protect themselves from the Kremlin's aggression.? But US President Joe Biden's administration has also been accused of sending mixed signals, with media reports saying it was seeking to ease tensions. Washington and Berlin have sought to downplay those claims, insisting there had been no change in US policy toward Ukraine and Russia. We are united on this, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Bild. We will not give in.
Lessons on European allies seek united Ukraine front as US backing wavers
Munich, Germany—Max Delany
European leaders on Saturday scrambled to force their way to the table at any talks on the Ukraine war, as Washington announced a team of senior US officials was planning to meet in Saudi Arabia with counterparts from Moscow and Kiev.
The meeting is expected to take place on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the talks.
A European diplomat said Russia had agreed that its representatives could attend in person if European Union member states also took part. The EU's top foreign policy official Josep Borrell confirmed on Friday that the door for Europe is wide open.
Borrell has asked the chair of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to arrange a meeting between European countries and Russia and Ukraine at their next ministerial session scheduled for early March.
The EU has been divided over how best to address Russia's demands for security guarantees and threats to invade Ukraine. Borrell is now trying to unite a 27-nation bloc around a common position, which could include the threat of sanctions if Moscow does not engage in dialogue with Kyiv.
Austria, Germany, Italy and Hungary have all resisted calls by Poland and the Baltic states to immediately slap economic restrictions on Russia, arguing that it could further inflame tensions.
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