A high-profile meeting of NATO allies and Russia broke without any certainty over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will order a new invasion of Ukraine.

“There was no commitment to de-escalation, no,” Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters in Brussels. “There was no commitment to de-escalate, nor was there a statement that there would not be.”

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