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Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Koleba (l) with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Tuesday (Photo: nato.int)

Nato and US urge Russia to back off on Ukraine

Nato and the US have put on a show of solidarity with Ukraine over Russia's military build-up on its border, with American president Joe Biden offering to hold a summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin to defuse tensions.

Biden made the announcement after a brief phone call with Putin on Tuesday (13 April), saying the summit could take place in the next "few months".

Earlier the same day, his secretary of state, Antony Blinken also came to Brussels to speak with Ukraine's fo...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Ukraine foreign minister Dmytro Koleba (l) with Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels on Tuesday (Photo: nato.int)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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