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Deutsche Welle (10 February 2022)

Nick Connolly (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Hardly a day passes in Kyiv without visits from top-level leaders from the EU and US. The French president and Germany's foreign minister were both there recently, with little to show for it. And more talks are planned.

"As long as foreign leaders are in Kyiv for talks, Putin can't possibly launch an invasion," ordinary Ukrainians will tell you, a sentiment often delivered with a hopeful smile.

Certainly, the unprecedented flurry of diplomatic activity in recent weeks does sometimes feel like a desperate attempt to buy time in the crisis around the Russian buildup of troops along Ukraine's borders, by talking, about anything and everything — however slim the chances of making progress. 

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