Russia is the ‘aggressor’, says White House, but Biden open to more talks with Putin – as it happened
by Maanvi Singh (now) and Joan E Greve (earlier) from US news | The Guardian on (#5VND1)
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Today's call between the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, and Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, lasted about 30 minutes, per the Washington Post.
In the call, Lavrov said the Kremlin is working on a full written response to the US proposal regarding Russia demands on Ukraine, which the White House delivered last week.
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