U.S. is trying to convince European allies to follow its policy approach with regards to Russia

“As long are these is no escalation, we will continue to see some European countries…pursuing their own policy agenda that they don’t want hijacked by America, let alone Ukraine, says Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies).

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