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December 2, 2021

Russia Expels Some US Ambassadors as Blinken Warns Russia Against Invading Ukraine
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken is meeting today with Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov amid mounting tensions between Russia and
Ukraine. Russia recently ordered some U.S. diplomats to leave the
country. After attending a NATO meeting about the situation Wednesday,
Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Russia was planning
"significant aggressive moves against Ukraine" following Moscow's
military buildup on the border.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken: "Now we don't know whether President
Putin has made the decision to invade. We do know that he is putting in
place the capacity to do so on short order, should he so decide. … We
made it clear to the Kremlin that we will respond resolutely, including
with a range of high-impact economic measures that we have refrained
from using in the past."

Russia has rejected claims of a planned attack against Ukraine.


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