U.S., Russia Set Schedule for Ukraine Talks in January

WASHINGTON—The U.S. and Russia have agreed to maintain security talks on Jan. ten, amid tensions around Russian forces deployed close to Ukraine, and Moscow’s demands that NATO renounce any expansion eastward into the former Soviet bloc.

No indication has emerged that the two sides have been equipped to slim their variations relating to Moscow’s main demand that the North Atlantic Treaty Corporation sever its navy ties to Ukraine and Georgia, and rescind earlier statements that they finally would join the alliance.