’Putin has already lost’ says Blinken on Ukraine war

Russia shows no sign of changing direction in its war on Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday (July 14), as foreign ministers from two dozen countries met in Indonesia’s capital for Southeast Asia’s annual security-focused gathering. Top diplomats from China, the United States and Russia were among those who traveled to Jakarta for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), where broad-based agendas are typically hijacked by geopolitical flare-ups. Speaking to reporters after the talks concluded, Blinken said there was no indication that Russia was willing to engage in meaningful diplomacy on the war, which Moscow calls a “special military operation“ launched in February 2022 to “denazify“ its neighbor. Blinken called for stability in the Indo-Pacific, the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea, adding there was “no greater challenge“ to regional security than North Korea’s “provocative“ missile launches. Blinken on Thursday (July 13)held what the State Department called “candid and constructive“ talks with Chinese diplomat Wang, the latest in a series of interactions it said were aimed at managing differences between the two big powers. The Sun newspaper brings you the latest breaking news videos and explainers from the UK and around the world Become a Sun Subscriber and hit the bell to be the first to know Read The Sun: Like The Sun on Facebook: Follow The Sun on Twitter: Subscribe to The Sun on Snapchat: