Kyiv and its foreign allies 'are being very diplomatic'

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A Ukrainian delegation, bolstered by representatives from France, Germany and the UK, is preparing for direct talks with Washington in Switzerland on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been "holding phone conversations with all of the other foreign allies of Ukraine," said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Kyiv Gulliver Cragg. "They have worked out a strategy of not making any [. . .] 'loud statements' [. . .] they are being very diplomatic," added Cragg.

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