Russia and Ukraine called on Sunday to step up diplomatic efforts while accusing each other of being responsible for the outbreak of violence in the east, where fighting with separatists has Westerners fearing an intervention from Moscow.
While the head of American diplomacy Antony Blinken repeated on Sunday that Russia was “on the verge” of invading Ukraine, President Emmanuel Macron attempted “the last possible and necessary efforts to avoid a major conflict in Ukraine” , after a meeting in the Kremlin with Vladimir Putin on February 7.
“There is great concern, for sure, we are still in very high volatility with high risk, but we are…