Head of the US State Department Anthony Blinken had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba and spoke about the results of negotiations with the leadership of Germany and Russia.

The US State Department reports.

Blinken assured Kuleba that a possible Russian military invasion of Ukraine would entail a "

The day before, Blinken held a meeting with Sergey Lavrov in Geneva, after which he said that the United States was ready for a dialogue with Moscow, but the response to Russian aggression would be tough. He also stressed that the United States is ready to defend the right of the Ukrainian people to determine their own future..

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Kiev is concerned that the West does not have a unified position on the imposition of anti-Russian sanctions in the event of a new invasion of Ukraine.

According to CNN, citing sources in the Ukrainian authorities, they believe that NATO does not have unity on this issue, although the Alliance member countries are trying to show that they have a common position during the crisis period..

About the strategy of the Joe Biden administration regarding the containment of large-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, Washington's approaches to reducing the risks of escalation, read the article by Alexander Khara "