A top Russian diplomat and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet in Geneva in the coming days as the US continues to accuse Russia of planning an invasion of Ukraine.

       News that Mr Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Mr Blinken’s counterpart in Moscow, will meet on Friday. The conversation will take place after the US’s top diplomat meets with officials in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv.

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