Blinken says Putin not serious about diplomacy to end Ukraine war

Mariupol has been destroyed by fierce fighting over the past two months. Capturing the city would deprive Ukraine of an important port and allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to the Crimean peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014.

As the Ukraine war entered its 62nd day on Tuesday, Russia told the world not to underestimate the risks of nuclear war, which it said it wanted to reduce.

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Blinken says Putin ‘not serious’ about diplomacy to end war

“We haven’t seen any signs to date that President Putin is serious about meaningful talks,” says US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned on Monday that there was a “serious” threat of a nuclear conflict, and said talks with Ukrainian negotiators would continue.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pledged more than $700 million in additional military funding for Ukraine and its allies during a visit to Kyiv on Monday, the highest level of visit by US officials since Russia’s invasion. .

Austin said Washington’s goal was to see Russia weaken.

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Meanwhile, attacks on the Azovstal steel plant in the southeastern port city of Mariupol continued.

Ukraine’s foreign minister urged the UN chief on Monday to pressure Russia to clear the besieged port of Mariupol, something the world body has been able to achieve.

An estimated 100,000 people are stranded in the seaside town, while a group of Ukrainian fighters hold a sit-in against Russian forces at a steel mill where hundreds of civilians are also taking refuge.

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Nearly five million Ukrainians have fled the country, shattering cities and killing thousands since the invasion began on February 24.

Russia calls its action a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine and eliminate what it calls “dangerous nationalists”. The West and Kyiv accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of unprovoked aggression.

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Blinken says Putin not serious about diplomacy to end Ukraine war

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