Ukraine has requested a meeting with Russia within 48 hours, as U.S. intelligence officials warn that a Russian attack could happen this week.
that Russia will face"massive" economic consequences if it takes any aggressive action against Ukraine, and British lawmakers have publicly taken the same stance.
Scholz reiterated on Sunday that a Russian attack on Ukraine would lead to"hard reactions and sanctions that we have carefully prepared and that we can put into effect immediately,"Berlin was not expecting"concrete results" from the talks, according to the news agency, but Scholz would emphasize that the Kremlin"should not underestimate the unity between the European Union, United States and Britain.
"Putin doesn't take international organizations like the OECD or the EU so seriously, he likes to talk bilaterally, he likes to be in the limelight, he likes Macron and Scholz visiting him, and the big prize of course is the United States," he said.
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