welcome to the program. america's top diplomat, antony blinkin, is in geneva for a summit with russia's foreign minister, sergey lover of make or break talks that could determine war or peace. here in europe, on thursday, blinkin was here in berlin, where he hell talks with german foreign minister. and alina burbock and their british and french counterparts, a meeting meant to show a united front and clear up any misunderstanding about western unity regarding russian aggression against ukraine. the stakes are high, us secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. their focus, how to credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow even as were relentless in pursuing, mr. bradley path. will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path of further aggression, we will impose swift and massive cost. if what on who is landing, and that's who we urgently call on r

blinkin and russian foreign minister, sergey leverett. make or break talks that could determine war or peace here in your the stakes are high. you a secretary of state antony, blinking, landing in berlin to try and rally america's allies and prevent a war. unity is the main goal here, blinkin and his german, french, and british counterparts disgust the intense fears that russia may soon invade ukraine. they focus how to credibly deter moscow with warnings of what could follow even as were relentless in pursuing this diplomatic path. will continue to make very clear that if moscow chooses the path of further aggression, we will impose swift and massive cost. if one was landing and that so we urgently call on russia to take steps towards the escalation, either by any further aggression or would have serious consequences. see it would not even the cons. extensive nasty thing. but comments by the u. s. president a day earlier have right questions about whether those consequences really do apply to any active aggression. one, russia will be held accountable if it invades, it depends on what it does. it's one thing for 2 minor corrosion, and then we end up havin

let's talk about where we are in this diplomatic sprint by antony blinkin. he was in key of yesterday here in berlin today. do you see a diplomatic way out of this crisis? at this point, the only way out of this crisis is their deterrence. anthony blinkin has already been pushing hard behind the scenes for germany to take a stronger stance against russia's aggression for the you to tow a stronger line. and now he's here in person to push that at the end of the day dialogue will not solve this issue. anthony lincoln, tomorrow is going to have to make perfectly clear to russia that the cost of invading ukraine will be higher. ok then the cost of invasion and if this does not happen, i fear that we will have to calculate with some sort of invasion or incursion year . the consequence is we hear a lot about that the u. s. has warned that it is going to be a disaster for russia if russia invade ukraine, but no one wants to spell out exactly what those consequences will be. why use their own? russia is one of the use largest trading partners. not only in energy, i

s . secretary of state antony blinkin. the us will give a written response to russia's security concerns next week. lopper off once limits to nato expansion. still, mom would love to publish at the end of our meeting, we agreed that next week the us is going to present us with written answers to all of our puzzles. and you also said in particular, that be great as no. we present misreads to rush her, and i would like you once again remind every friend who analyzes our public state men's and our analysis. and i would like to say that never before has russia threatened to his official represent is the ukrainian people. well, the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin said there would be a reaction if russian forces crossed the border into ukraine. based on our discussion, i believe we can carry forward this work of developing understanding agreements together that ensure our not our mutual security. but that's contingent on russia stopping it's aggression towards ukraine. so that's the choice, the grocer faces. now, it can

you are secretary of state antony blinkin is in berlin. his latest stop over 3 days of shuttle diplomacy aimed at preventing a war in ukraine. he's holding discussions with his german, british, and french counterparts on how to contain the threat from russia, including a face to face bilateral, meeting with drummond, foreign minister unaligned of havoc. lincoln left kiev early this morning after a meeting with ukrainian leaders. he told them he would keep working to avert a russian attack. and he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. blinkin is also due to meet with russian foreign minister, a survey lover of in geneva, on friday. clearly, let's bring in our chief international editor richard walker for more on these talks. he joins us now. i richard. so antony blinkin is here trying to bring together allies to, to forge a common approach towards russia. what are the biggest challenges that he's facing? yes to me is it, as you just mentioned, really, unity is it is the main go

s. secretary of state's antony blinkin is in berlin to discuss the crisis in easton ukraine. mister lincoln is speaking to foreign ministers from france, the u. k. and germany, the meeting comes as the president of the european commission is saying, the e u is prepared if russia attacks ukraine. now, new satellite imagery, showing rushes military build up along the border with ukraine, racing fears of an invasion. the kremlin previously said those concerns are unfounded. the u. s. president joe biden said he believes russia will make a military incursion into ukraine, but doesn't think the russian president vladimir putin once a full scale conflict. do i think he'll chest west chester united states and nader as significant? yes. i think he will, but i think we'll pay a serious and deer price work that he doesn't think now. cost $1.00 is going to cost. and i think you regret having done. can we help white house correspondent tracking of events in berlin and in washington force. kimberly, what's your main takeaway from a news conference that we just carried? yeah, well the u. s

s. secretary of state antony blinkin is in geneva for a meeting with russian foreign minister survey. laugh rock. russia is seeking to halt and nato expansion and membership for ukraine in moldova. the u. s. will not provides such assurances, but instead will encourage diplomacy to resolve security differences. there is new urgency to the negotiations. president biden warned, with russian troops position close to ukraine's border. he believes russian president vladimir putin intends to attack, and a russian invasion of ukraine may be imminent. kimberly help get al jazeera the white house. meanwhile, you are a secretary of state antony blinkin has been in berlin. the head of friday's meeting with saga labrons in geneva, he met with foreign ministry officials from germany, france. i'm the u. k. together with the u. s. they're promising a swift and severe response to any russian aggression against ukraine. germany's foreign minister called in moscow to take urgent steps towards de escalation. and as i get is only 3 me gum, nothing laugh is at stake than the preservation of peace in europ

s. secretary of state antony blinkin. james bass reports mar from un headquarters in new york. the u. n. is appeal for more than $5000000000.00 to prevent about $9000000.00 people from starving in afghanistan. the situation could get even worse if there is a complete collapse of the financial system in the country. and that's why the un secretary general antonio guitarist has asked his humanitarian chief martin griffith, along with the head of the international committee of the red cross. peter morrow, to reach out to the u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin. they'll be meeting virtually in the coming hours to deal with what the secretary general calls a race against time. you have afghans on the verge of death and docket concluded death on the ground because of hunger because of diseases and because of lack of assistance. so it's absolutely essential to avoid the collapse of the economy and said that we need to inject liquidity, the economy. what does the us need to do? and what moral duty to this, does it have to pre

s. secretary of state antony blinkin has said any order to shoot to kill, protest us and cast on should be removed. $164.00 people have died during several days of violent antique government protests there. because act president cassim drama took high f or thrice security forces to talk it protested to restore order. robin christie walker has the latest from tbilisi in georgia. we were waiting, unfortunately for the body count to rise because based on the scale of the fighting in the violence and shooting heavy machine gun fire explosions that went on for hours and hours during the 5th and 6th of january. the numbers surely had to rise, and so now we have that unpleasant statistic of 100. 64 people dead, according to the health ministry over a 100 of them in marty, where the worst of the violence was in among those killed marquis sadly to children . the children's rights commissioner, cuz it's don confirming that one of them was an 11 year old child and to add to that the so called on to terrorism operation is continuing across the country. and we have confirmation now of a more than 51

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up. antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, saying as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. so as sir a diplomatic way out of this crisis, we put that question to you as a political analyst, jessica berlin, this point, the only way out of this crisis is through deterrence. anthony blinkin has already been pushing hard behind the scenes for germany to take a stronger stance against russia's aggression for the you to tow a stronger line. and now he's here in person to push that at the end of the day dialogue will not solve this issue. anthony blinking tomorrow is going to have to make perfectly clear to russia that the cost of invading ukraine will be higher than the cost of invasion. and russia is one of the use largest trading partners. not only in energy, i mean trade between russia in the u. in 2020, accounted for over a 170000000000 euros rushes, also germany's largest gas importer. so the economic cost to europe, to serious consequences for russia would also be dire. and this is why we

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, seen as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war ended up he is alexander phenomena is in geneva to follow that meeting for us today. hi, alexandra, he's really our high stake talks taking place at the moment. what are we expecting to come out of today's meeting? slow? so the secretary of lincoln has said that he is not expecting any breakthroughs that it's more about taking stock off where we stand right now. however, we have to say that this could be a last ditch to tend to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis. you asked, has made it clear they are ready to continue talking, but they want russia to the escalade. but we don't have any indication now that the criminal would be willing to the escalade. on the contrary, a russian troops are still on the ukraine's border. russia has sent additional units to viola roof, and russia is continuing with is very aggressive rhetoric. we know that the u. s. secretary of state antony blinking has been on this

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, seen as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. all the w political corresponded hands brand is following this story for us. hans, what do you make of that meeting that the result or did it result in the show of unity that the western allies were hoping for? it certainly was a show of unity. the question is to what extent the unity is real behind the scenes as it were in the discussions that were going on. and one has to say that there to the diplomacy that has been going on in recent days and weeks. a lot of it behind the scenes has resulted in a more agreement, i think on the side of the one we'll call it a western allies, maybe in the german foreign minister emphasize all the groups that are involved in this the g 7 that the european union and also nato, that all of these were involved. so we're talking about dozens of countries, and that obviously is a stiff code to try and coordinate all the different opinions amongst all of those countries. bu

s . state department for the secretary of state antony blinkin has been speaking about the tensions with russia over ukraine. this follows a visit by the u. s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan, who has handed the u. s. response to the russian foreign minister. the russia has been consider, put forward certain concerns about security concerns within, within europe. antony blinkin said that the response from the u. s. had included a serious diplomatic popoff had been put forward. he said it was the, there was a principal and pragmatic assessment of russia's concerns. he talked about a variety of things, suggestions, but arms control in europe, ways to increase transparency. but he summed out by saying, a drum means to up to russia, how to respond. we're ready, either way, we're going to go to dosage a body who's in moscow for us in a moment. first let's go to rosalind jordan at the us state department. rosalind, this really smacks of being a key moment in these events. well, antony lincoln had said after his meeting, a sergey lover of last friday that the u. s. would issue what russia h

s. secretary of state antony blinkin. the initial delivery includes ammunition for ukraine's front lines as the country amps up its preparedness for a possible invasion by russia. moscow has deploy tens of thousands of troops near its border with ukraine, but insists it has no plans to launch an attack. the russian military flexing its muscles in the worn at region bordering ukraine. moscow denies its planning and invasion, but with this slick video released by its defense ministry and at least wants to send the message that it's ready to fight. there is real concern in the region about russia's motives. russian troops are now positioned in bella, rues, all along russia's border to ukraine, and our maston, eastern ukraine, where fighting has been ongoing for years. further to the north, the baltic states of estonia, latvia and lithuania, are promising to support ukraine with shipments of weaponry and military support. arguing that diplomacy alone can't prevent an armed conflict. aggressiveness, who said that her guiding w

russian lead troops are in the country africa's. exxon appealed for help. us secretary of state antony blinkin is asking why cause extent called in troops to quell demonstrations and announced a president's shoot to kill order against protesters. for now, residents remain gripped by uncertainty. a disparate white for news that had al mahdi morgue, dozens of people line up. many of them fear their loved ones died on january 6, the worst day of a bloody week in cassock stones. lodge a city another q. a now mighty this one for bread. many stores had to close during the unrest in recent days. people are running out of food, good to we have other stores, the one over there and another further up the road. it's been closed since yesterday, but people need to eat something. the government appears back in control of downtown almighty, but days approaches. i'm looting of skull. the city as demonstrate is let out the anger a decades of authoritarian rule, destroying the softness of the ruling party. the unrest frightened many in the city. some welcome the army on the straits with it, the restore, a feel

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, seen as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war or you're going to retain spinks on foreign policy in the german to parliament for an, an in a bad box green party. i asked him if he thought russia would be moved by these warnings from the west. russia is learning that violating the territorial integrity of ukraine will have massive consequences. not a one on 2 projects, but on the whole bunch. the whole bunch of political and economic relations between russia and especially europe. it's not the case that we have a single path of dependency. yes, there are dependencies, but those dependencies on both sides. the russian economic model, yet even the russian model of ruling is based on the export office, hire resources, and if they all go on that way, all these relation are questions. or i can say, let me just, yeah. so let's get solid on this. you say that it's not just word you say that there's a whole bunch of economic pain there for russia. if it mak

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, seen as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. mexicans in the border city of pseudo who artists are demanding justice for a murder to lesbian. couple. activists marched to the attorney general's office seeking harsh punishment for the perpetrators. on sunday police found the dismembered remains of the 2 women on a road. so at, at horace has seen 11 women murdered this year already after $172.00 were killed. last year. u. s. prosecutors have charged for bill a rouge and government officials, with aircraft piracy for diverting a ryanair flight last may to arrest dissident journalist roman protest savage. the u. s. justice department says the officials concocted a false bump, threat to force the plane to land in the bill. origin capital means officials. im gonna say at least 17 people have been killed and dozens injured in a massive explosion. and the west of the co

s. secretary of state antony blinkin will be in keith on berlin this week. the for his own one on one with sag a lover off in geneva on friday, and preferably in from rural this. i'm janelle, by raphael losses with the european council on foreign relations. it's good to see you again. you were meeting every day here because this situation is changing every day. what your read on the talks that were held to day in moscow between the german and russian foreign ministers. there are upon desolate movement currently in europe, as the ukraine crisis heats up on an empty book. as it is a russian counterpart of moscow to day. the press conference and that the 2 gave after the initial consultations about okay, hit the right marks. i think she spoke about the foundation of the european security order to helsinki final act, the parents, trotta, she mentioned the fortunes of alexander bonnie and the angel memorial. but at the same time she had to was the russians. she expressed a desire from the side of the german government for substantive and stable relations with rus

but you are secretary of state antony blinkin said the response is offered moscow a serious diplomatic path out of the crisis. russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near its border with ukraine. fueling fear is of a potential invasion, military exercises on the russian side of the border exercises that ukrainians fear might soon to lethal, should times roll across onto their territory. the u. s. and it's nato allies have sent weapons including anti tank missiles and bunker busting grenades. meant to help offset the huge russian advantage of troops and equipment. the aim is to make an invasion as costly as possible. there should be no doubt about our seriousness of purpose when it comes to diplomacy. and we're acting with equal focus and force to bolster eucharist offences and prepare a swift united response to for the russian aggression. more delivery is expected in the days to come. we provided more defensive security assistance to ukraine in the past year than in any previous year, but not everyone's on board with the effort to arm ukraine. reagan and bush, former the present

into the downing street parties, plus a bit of luck can help save his job. us secretary of state antony blinkin has begun 3 days of meetings in europe aimed at preventing a war in ukraine on wednesday. blinking wasn't kiev where he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression. during talks with ukrainian president load m years, lensky lincoln spoke of washington's unwavering support for ukraine. at a time when its sovereignty is being challenged by moscow, lincoln will hold talks with his german, british and french counterparts in berlin. on thursday, head of a meeting with russia's foreign minister in geneva. any new types of assist, although the ultimate goal is to avoid conflict, lincoln warned russia again that any aggression in ukraine will come at a high cost. that's why present by asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity. and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace . at the same time

start of a 3 day diplomatic sprint here in europe aimed at preventing a war in ukraine to day. antony blinkin was in kiya where he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression during a visit. the key f for talks with ukrainian president walden is zalinski blake, and also accused moscow of trying to undermine ukraine's democracy and its society . he says that washington is committed to protecting ukraine by d, escalating tensions with moscow. lincoln will be here in berlin tomorrow for talks with his german, british, and french counterparts providing cheaper we've offered to, although the ultimate goal is piece, not war blinking, warned russia again today that any aggression in ukraine will come at a high cost. that's why present by nashville to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and it's why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend

s. secretary of state antony blinkin is asking why cause extent called in the troops to quell protests and denounced the government shoot to kill order. meanwhile, people there are facing an uncertain future. a disparate white for news, an al mahdi morgue, dozens of people line up. many of them fear their loved ones died on january 6th, the worst i of a bloody wake in cassock, stones largest city, another q, and almighty this one for bread. many stores had to close during the unrest in recent days. people are running out of food, good to we have other stores, the one over there and another further up the road. it's been closed since yesterday, but people need to eat something that government appeased back in control of downtown almighty. but days approaches and looting have scarred the city as demonstrate is let out the anger a decades of authoritarian rule. destroying the softness of the ruling party. the unrest frightened many in the city. some welcome the army on the straits of with it. and there is still a feeling of security to people to give us the sense that we're on a way out o

look at some of the other stories making news around the world to sell you a secretary of state antony blinkin has rejected a russian demand to shut ukraine out of knighthood. lincoln says, the defense alliances, members have the sole site of the who can join russian. president vladimir putin has urged nato to rule out membership for ukraine ahead of talks. i'm that diminishing board attention was them over to them with which to judge in the u. s. state of georgia has sentence the 3 white men who killed black men, ahmad aubrey, to life in prison. 25 year old aubrey was out joking when he was shot dead. the father and son who aunt themselves and chased him, have no chance of parole. count far a villain teacher has been sentenced to life in jail for killing and cutting up another man to fill cannibal fantasies. court found the 42 year old murdered his victim and consumed parts of his body. the judge said the defendant's crime was particularly severe, many his unlikely to proceed parole. after 15 years. of germany's new coalition government is still shaping its relations with china. half a centur

next out, us secretary of state antony blinkin will be in ki if and berlin this week before his own one on one with sag. i love rav engine eva on friday, and earlier we spoke to raphael loss. he's an analyst with the european council on foreign relations. we asked him if the different parties within germany's new governing coalition are on the same page about how to respond to russian aggression . we see the coalition partner certainly is left coalescing around the same message, i think for the longest time, all of shows, jeremy's transfer was reluctant to put notes for him to on the table as a deterrent towards where you're rushing aggression against ukraine. back in december he said that motion to was a private sector project, didn't have any political geopolitical relevance. today in his oppressor with was installed in brick. he said that everything would be up for discussion. if russia attacked ukraine, a message at the greens and the f t p, the 2 other coalition partners off germany's new quarters and government em have been emphasizing for a while now. and it's, and it's great to

over ukraine, but a near 90 minutes meeting between antony blinkin and so gay lover of ended in geneva without resolution. but with the hope of future negotiations, moscow was still sticking to its demands that nato should not allow membership to ukraine. at other former soviet states and blanket reiterated america, its european allies position that those demands cannot be met. based on our discussion, i believe we can carry forward this work of developing understanding agreements together that ensure arnett, our mutual security. but that's contingent on russia stopping its aggression toward ukraine. so that's the choice, the grocer faces. now, you can choose the path of diplomacy that can lead to peace and security, or the path that will lead only to conflict, severe consequences and international condemnation. still mom would, would love to publish. at the end of our meeting, we agreed that next week the us is going to present us with written answers to all of our proposals. and you also said that in particular, that ukraine as no way we present effects to russia. and i would like to

over ukraine, but in, in 90 minute meeting between antony blinkin. and so gay love rav ended in geneva without a resolution. first, with the hope for future negotiations. moscow still sticking to its demand that they too should not allow membership to ukraine and other former soviet states. but those demands have been rejected by the u. s. it's european allies and beta from geneva. natasha butler begins all coverage at a hotel in geneva, the u. s secretary of state and russian foreign minister arrived for crucial talks into diffusing tensions over ukraine. antony blinkin and sir gay laughs at the tone early. both said a breakthrough was unlikely. we don't expect to resolve your late work. i do as far as whether the policy i law of middleton is doing very well because we are not expecting a breakthrough at this meeting either. we are expecting answers to our proposals after the meeting left for offset. moscow wanted a written response from the us to its demands, including a guarantee that nato will not grant membership to ukraine. something blinkin ha

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, seen as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. we have a team coverage of the story tonight on washington bureau chief in his bowl. she joined us from the us and our chief international correspondent ridge walker. he is here with us in berlin to both of you. good evening, let me start with you richard. when it comes to dealing with russia in ukraine, just how unified is the west? well, there's been a pretty strong show of unity from the west and allies on during this crisis. so far, brent, even to the extent that there was evidence of some exasperation by the russian side last week during the you know, the so 1st intent round of diplomacy that began last week where 1st of all they met the americans and they met all of the nato member states, then they met the members of the wider organization for security and cooperation in europe. the o. s. c. e. last week. it was sort of exasperation, this sort of unity of the message that was being played back a

s. secretary of state antony blinkin suggested the ag uses the pipeline to put pressure on russia. some missing or screen tooth is leverage that russia can use against europe. in fact, it's leverage for europe to use against russia. more perspective, it's very hard to see gas flowing through that pipeline for could become operational. if russia are renewed as aggression on the north steam to has geo political implications, we agreed on this together with our european partners. should russia use energy as a weapon? know how the tables turn the west had been accusing russia using the project to pressure the e u. the now explicitly warning about using the pipeline as a source of potential leverage against moscow that goes against previous pledges by germany that the north stream to pipeline is only a commercial matter. but now with the german foreign minister expressing opposition to the project, the narrative has seemed to shift. also a former german ambassador to the u. s. says berlin could use the pipeline to its advantage with russia losing out on tens of billions of dollars. but

for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up, antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday. same as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. and my colleague on his, on a phenomenal, is in geneva to follow those talks of for us. if you turn studies there between the us and russia, what are we expecting from, from today's meeting? i would say that the expectations are not very high here in geneva. on this very stormy windy day, and you as secretary of state, lincoln told the german press that he is not expecting any breakthroughs. and it's more about taking stock of where we stand right now and whether ad diplomatic solution to the crisis can be found. and what we have heard from the washer and are also quite pessimistic and they are continued with their very aggressive rhetoric. and there are demanding written guarantees from the u. s. and from nato. and you asked secretary of state lincoln has already said that the you asked is so far, not prepared to give them a written response. lincoln has met with you called about fergus. some of his a

your secretary of state antony blinkin is in care for talks with president vladimir lansky. he'll meet his russian counterpart, sergey laughed rav in geneva on friday, and speak with german, french, and british foreign ministers. russia has deployed more than a $100000.00 troops to it's a border with ukraine, but denies planning an invasion. to try to. after his meeting with president landscape, mister blinker, board russia, it would pay a heavy price for any aggression in ukraine. that's why present by asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine, sovereignty and territorial integrity. and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace . at the same time, we continue to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the course of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine. straight to your current capital t

next up, us, secretary of state antony blinkin, will be in key f and berlin this week, before his own one on one with sag a love rav and geneva on friday. and over more tonight, i'd like to welcome jeremy shapiro. he's the research director of the european council on foreign relations. he's a former advisor at the us state department germ. it's good to have you on the program. let me start by getting your read on this latest news that john, secretary of state lincoln and russian foreign minister laboratory will meet this coming friday in geneva. what do you think? what it means that the diplomatic track is still good news, but as a report made very clear there's it's. ready not clear that the 2 sides have gotten any closer together. they are really, i think, feeling each other out, threatening each other, demanding that side, show their cards 1st and both sides and been very reluctant to make any movement. but if they want to do it, what do you make of the the german rush to double down on diplomacy, the former german chance or miracle she was. she was considered the protein whisper w

a we saw there that does a good lover of held a press conference, followed by antony blinkin. what did you take away from what was said? well, maybe 1st explain where we are standing right now. we are still at the hotel. we're a russian foreign minister lover of held his press conference that i attended and he described his talks with the secretary of lincoln as a fruitful and meaningful conversation. he also said that he was hoping that the level of emotion will now go down. so he seemed to be no to dis, satisfied with the talks to day. however, he once again insisted dad to russia is waiting for a written response to its demands. and that they're expecting to you as to give them such a written response next week. because as it seems, there are not breaking down on what they are expecting from the us and nato. you hinted at the fact that the circle of our did seem pretty satisfied if you will, with the talks today. what about antony blank and is he on the same page? well, i think that he is still talking to the press during his press conference. so we have to wait a bit to un

s. secretary of state antony blinkin says the response made no concessions to the main demand that ukraine be bought from joining nato and was coordinated with kevin to european allies. our response to russia reflects what i said in keith, berlin, and geneva. last week. we're open to dialogue, we prefer diplomacy, and we're prepared to move forward. where there is the possibility of communication cooperation. if russia deescalate its regression tort, ukraine stops the inflammatory rhetoric and approaches, discussions about the future security in europe. in a spirit of reciprocity, our responses were fully coordinated with ukraine and our european allies and partners with whom we've been consulting continuously for weeks. we sought their input and incorporated into the file version delivered to moscow. life has gone astonished, become a frozen hell you inspector general has warned until a good terror says the humanitarian crisis has left the country hanging by a thread with education and all the social services in collapse all the un special and boys who have gone as stones as it appears, t

and russian foreign minister arrived for crucial talks into diffusing tensions over ukraine. antony blinkin and sir gala for offset the tone early. both said a breakthrough was unlikely. number's going to resolve your work for you as well. um, i mean with owners, jewelry with dish, we are not expecting a breakthrough at this meeting either. we are expecting answers to our proposals after the meeting law for offset moscow wanted a written response from the us to its demands, including a guarantee that nato will not grant membership to your crane something blank and has repeatedly called a nonstarter. but he said the u. s. would respond to russia if moscow addressed it's concerns and respected ukrainian sovereignty. we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's order, that's renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and a united response from the united states and our partners and allies. us intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a $100000.00 troops on its western border, and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s. a

do a secretary of state antony blinkin is on his way to berlin for crisis talks on russia. ukraine tensions lincoln left. the key of earlier this morning after meeting with ukrainian leaders and assuring them he will keep walking to avert a russian attack that sets you up to date. i'll have an update for you at the top of the hour and don't forget, you can get a lot more news on our website, which is suppose a d w dot com and do follow us on instagram and on twitter handled as at dw news. i'm gab office in berlin. thanks for watching. with you. ah, italian government just demolished this man's father used to billy's father built it decades ago when the mafia was profiting off of the house. and more people here could soon find themselves homeless due to forces beyond their control, the mayor of castle, the printer is trying to put a stop to this focus on europe. next on d, w into the conflict zone with to sebastian. when it comes to the nuclear talks between iran and the international community, no country is watching as closely as israel. this we comp exam talked to the former, his railey d

and russian foreign minister arrived for crucial talks into diffusing tensions over ukraine. antony blinkin and sir gay laughs at the tone early. both said to break through was unlikely. we don't expect to resolve your late or whether be awesome. i mean, middleton is doing brody with a position where we are not expecting a break through this meeting either. we are expecting answers to our proposals after the meeting law for offset moscow wanted a written response from the us to its demands. good, including a guarantee that nato will not grant membership to your crane. something blank and has repeatedly called a nonstarter. but he said the u. s. would respond to russia if moscow addressed it's concerns and respected ukrainian sovereignty. we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's order that's renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and the united response from the united states, and our partners and allies. u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north

now, as we also heard from antony, blinkin, the call is also for raw the causal authorities to respect constitutional rights. the right to assembly the right to protest the right to was speak out about economic problems about political corruption. he also did issue a call to demonstrators to avoid engaging in violence, to not set government buildings on fire, or to attack security forces. or there we've seen some of that in recent days. and that's because of the u. s. is concerned that to a country that it is long considered a stable and reliable partner could be entering a phase of political instability. the u. s. his belief is that things can be resolved very quickly, but only if everyone is engaging in good faith. all right, thanks very much from washington. rosalind joan reporting to us. ah, how we tend to india? the country is introducing mandatory. hum, quarantine for all international passenger arrivals. now these new measures apply even if travelers retain a negative coven 19 test at the airport. while as a surgeon, you cases with danny infections on friday, passing 117000 pove

for talks with allies about containing the perceived threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. antony blinkin met with german foreign minister, anna lena bear, bock, and british and french counterparts. after a stopping cure of yesterday, mister blinkin will end his tour to morrow in geneva, where he's due to me, russian foreign minister, sir gay, laughed ralph. this meeting is widely viewed as one of the last attempts to stop rush and launching an attack on may bring you crate. or mr. lincoln said he and other european leaders were on the same page and looking for a peaceful solution to the conflict. our collective a, the goal that we share was to seek a diplomatic path to deescalate tensions caused by russia's massing of troops along against borders. to deter and prevent further russian invasion or disabled as ation of ukraine. and to address legitimate security concerns put forward by russia by the united states, by europe, through dialogue. not through regression and german foreign minister and amena burbock emphasize the importance of unity on this issue. in as i get is only 3 at stake i

you are secretary of state to antony blinkin has just arrived in ukraine in a show of support. a come from id heightened tensions between moscow and the west, russia embassy, and the u. s. a stress that russia has no intention of attacking anyone. we stress, once again, russia is not going to attack anyone the practice of moving troops on our own soil as a sovereign, right. we call for an end to the stereo, so as not to pile on tensions around the down this problem. and most importantly, not to push hot heads and t of towards new provocations. the pentagon announced earlier that it had information showing that russia was preparing a provocation in the dumbass region to be used as an excuse to begin a military attack against ukraine. a kremlin denounced these claims as entirely unfounded or despite the constant denials, under lack of evidence, the mainstream media has been keen on running with the pentagon claims. new york times cited an unnamed to official claiming mosca was pulling embassy staff out of key of ahead of invading ukraine. meanwhile, nato's states are boosting the