US Secretary Of State Flies To Europe Amid Russia-Ukraine Invasion Worries

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Europe Wednesday amid mounting fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent.

Blinken is set to hold discussions with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, before meeting with his British, French and German counterparts in Berlin.

Blinken is scheduled to meet Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva on Friday.

Russia has repeatedly denied any plans to launch an attack on neighbouring Ukraine.

However on Tuesday senior US officials said that Moscow could launch an invasion at “any point”.

The White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters during a press briefing, that Russia’s buildup of tens of thousands of troops near its border with Ukraine had created an “extremely dangerous situation”.

Psaki said that “no option is off the table” to avoid conflict breaking out and added that “what Secretary Blinken is going to go do is highlight very clearly there is a diplomatic path forward”.

The top US diplomat is also expected to seek to shore up support among Western allies to impose what officials called “massive consequences and severe economic costs on Russia” should an invasion occur.