Austrian chancellor to meet Putin in Russia amid warnings of fresh offensive against Ukraine
by Luke Harding in Kyiv, and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5Y1NJ)
Karl Nehammer will be first EU leader to meet Russian president since invasion began, and called for a ceasefire and full investigation of war crimes
Austria's chancellor is set to meet Vladimir Putin on Monday, the Russian president's first face-to-face meeting with an EU leader since ordering the invasion of Ukraine, amid warnings of a fresh offensive and shelling in the east.
Karl Nehammer said the meeting would take place in Moscow and that Austria had a clear position on the Russian war of aggression", calling for humanitarian corridors, a ceasefire and full investigation of war crimes.
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