US diplomat: No answer from Russia on de-escalation over Ukraine

January 10, 2022 / 10:06 PM

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian deputy FM Sergei Ryabkov attend security talks on soaring tensions over Ukraine, at US ...

Sharjah 24 – AFP: US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said that Russia gave no answer on whether it would de-escalate on Ukraine and renewed a call on Moscow to pull back thousands of troops.

"I don't think we know the answer to that. We made it very clear that it's very hard to have constructive, productive and successful diplomacy without de-escalation," Sherman told reporters when asked about Moscow's response in Monday talks in Geneva on pulling back forces.