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Sen. Shaheen: Ukrainian Officials Are “Anxious”

A senior member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nord Stream 2, Belarus, and Biden’s upcoming summit with Putin.

By , a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy.
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Rob Portman, and Chris Murphy lay flowers at a memorial.
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Rob Portman, and Chris Murphy lay flowers at a memorial.
U.S. Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Rob Portman, and Chris Murphy lay flowers at a memorial to Ukrainian soldiers who were killed in a recent conflict in the country’s eastern region in Kiev, Ukraine, on June 1. Valentyn Ogirenko/Pool/AFP/Getty Images

On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden will head to Europe in his first overseas trip since taking office. After a flurry of high-level meetings with G-7 and NATO members and the leadership of the European Union, during which Biden is expected to rally democratic allies, he will conclude his trip by meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Geneva, Switzerland. 

Amy Mackinnon is a national security and intelligence reporter at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @ak_mack

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