LONDON — Boris Johnson is launching a fresh diplomatic offensive aimed at Europe’s Nordic and Baltic states as he tries to “get Russia to step back from the brink” of invading Ukraine, Downing Street said on Sunday.
The U.K. prime minister will travel to mainland Europe again later this week as he seeks to “cement and broaden the Western alliance,” No. 10 said in a statement. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, who cut short a family holiday amid the “worsening situation,” will also meet counterparts in Brussels this week.
Transatlantic policymakers have placed an increased emphasis on defense arrangements across NATO’s eastern flank since Russia’s controversial annexation of Crimea
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