{"id":410667,"date":"2022-02-05T08:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T08:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=410667"},"modified":"2022-02-05T08:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T08:10:13","slug":"top-us-ukrainian-diplomats-discuss-russia-ukraine-tension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/top-us-ukrainian-diplomats-discuss-russia-ukraine-tension\/","title":{"rendered":"Top US, Ukrainian diplomats discuss Russia-Ukraine tension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba have discussed the Russia-Ukraine crisis over the phone, according to an official statement.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: &#8220;They discussed Russia\u2019s military buildup along Ukraine\u2019s borders and steps Ukraine and the United States are taking to encourage Russia to pursue diplomacy over war and ensure security and stability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sharing with Kuleba his recent meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Blinken also reiterated &#8220;readiness to address mutual security concerns, the United States\u2019 unwavering support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Blinken also &#8220;made clear U.S. willingness, alongside our Allies and partners, to impose swift and severe consequences on Russia if it chooses to escalate,&#8221; said Price.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine and Russia have been locked in a conflict since hostilities in the Donbas region broke out in 2014 after Russia illegally annexed the Crimean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has also recently amassed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine\u2019s borders, prompting fears that the Kremlin could be planning another military offensive against the former Soviet republic.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has denied it is preparing to invade and said its troops are there for exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Source: AA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba have discussed the Russia-Ukraine crisis over the phone, according to an official statement. In a statement on Friday, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said: &#8220;They discussed Russia\u2019s military buildup along Ukraine\u2019s borders and steps Ukraine and the United States are taking to encourage [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":410668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-410667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410669,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410667\/revisions\/410669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}