German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock fist bumps with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department, Wednesday, January 5, 2022, in Washington. The United States and Germany said Wednesday that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s border poses an “immediate and urgent challenge” to European security and that any intervention will draw severe consequences. But the country's top diplomats left open what those consequences would be and how differences on arming Ukraine and a controversial Russian gas pipeline will be resolved. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP Photo)
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