INTERNATIONAL: Russia wants to sow panic and distrust and destabilise Ukraine's financial system, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday, January 19.
Blinken has met Ukraine's leadership on the first leg of a new diplomatic push to avert war after Russia massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders.
Russia denies planning a new military offensive but has made several demands and has said it could take unspecified military action unless the West agrees to them.