“We look to Russia to cease reckless and aggressive actions,” Blinken said during a joint news appearance with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. AdvertisementRussia last month deployed an estimated 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine and in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that Moscow invaded and annexed in 2014. “Russia has the capacity on fairly short notice to take aggressive action if it so chooses,” Blinken said. On Thursday, after meeting with Blinken, Zelensky said he had invited President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Ukraine this year, its 30th anniversary of independence. The Russian military shifted some of its units away from Ukraine’s border after Moscow announced a withdrawal of its forces April 22.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 06, 2021 17:46 UTC