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EU working on joint response to Russian letter -von der Leyen

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks to the media after meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, at the Prime Minister's official residence, Kesaranta, in Helsinki, Finland, February 3, 2022. Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/via REUTERS

The European Union is working on a joint response to a letter many of its member countries received from Russia earlier this week asking for security guarantees, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.

Russia has forced the U.S.-led NATO alliance and the 57-member Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to negotiate over regional security by massing around 100,000 troops near Ukraine while denying it plans to invade.

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