U.S. Secretary of Antony Blinken has accepted an invite to satisfy with Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov late subsequent week supplied Russia doesn’t invade Ukraine, the U.S. State Division mentioned on Friday.
Blinken mentioned earlier he had despatched a letter to Lavrov proposing a gathering subsequent week in Europe.
On the identical time, a number of Russian mechanised infantry models have returned to their bases within the areas of Dagestan and Chechnya after finishing drills in Crimea.
Russia mentioned this week it has began pulling again some troops from areas adjoining to Ukraine. However Kyiv and the West have disputed that, saying some models and gear appeared to get replaced by others.
Individually, Interfax cited the ministry as saying {that a} prepare loaded with tanks of the Western navy district has departed an undisclosed location to ship them again to their base within the Nizhny Novgorod province.
(Reuters)