blinken addressing the ongoing conflicts urging moscow to get back. we want to see russia de-escalate, to move forces back from the border with ukraine, to take down the tension. it is much more appropriate to have a conversation in those circumstances than it is when escalation is happening. reporter: ukraine s president zielinski laid out demands including to return crimea to gain membership in the european union in upcoming years and to get a clear and specific timeframe from nato in 2022. in order to defuse the situation even more the us says it will hold talks with russia in the new year. the conversation with the poetic talks include nato and the