 Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia, March 27, 2019. (Photo: REUTERS) |
With crucial talks set to start on Monday in Geneva, the senior Biden administration official said the United States is not willing to discuss limits on US troop deployments or the US force posture in NATO countries in the region.
The Geneva talks, to be followed by other sessions next week in Brussels and Vienna, are aimed at averting a crisis.
Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops along the border with Ukraine. Russia says it feels threatened by the prospect of the United States deploying offensive missile systems in Ukraine, even though President Joe Biden has assured Putin he has no intention of doing so.