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Macron heads to Kyiv after talks with Putin
Updated On: 09 February, 2022 09:52 AM IST | KYIV | Agencies
Western leaders in recent weeks have engaged in high-level diplomacy in the hope of de-escalating tensions and preventing an attack
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and French President Emmanuel Macron prior to their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Pic/AP
Diplomatic efforts to defuse the tensions around Ukraine continued on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron expected in Kyiv the day after hours of talks with the Russian leader in Moscow yielded no apparent breakthroughs.
Macron will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as fears of a possible Russian invasion mount. Moscow has massed over 1,00,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders, but insists it has no plans to attack Ukraine. The Kremlin has demanded guarantees from the West that NATO will not accept Ukraine and other former Soviet nations as members, halt weapon deployments there and roll back its forces from Eastern Europe — demands the US and NATO reject as nonstarters.
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