The US Department of Defense put 8,500 troops on high alert in case they need to be transferred to Europe. This was announced on Monday, January 24, by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.
“The Pentagon has put a number of units in the United States on high alert, which indicates our readiness to provide our forces if NATO needs to step up the response force,” quotes Twitter military department the words of its representative.
Earlier in the day, the intention to strengthen the eastern wing of the alliance in Europe was confirmed at the White House. At the briefing, press secretary Jen Psaki said that the United States has always expressed its readiness to strengthen NATO’s eastern flank and officials have been discussing the security of European partners for several weeks.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said earlier in the day that US and NATO actions were leading to an escalation of tensions in Ukraine. He pointed out that it “is carried out through information actions and concrete actions that the US and NATO are taking.” In his opinion, there are a lot of rumors and unreliable data about the situation in Ukraine and the allegedly planned attack by Russia, which are “information hysteria”.
On January 14, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia had never threatened the Ukrainian people. In addition, the Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stressed that the Russian Federation did not attack and does not plan to attack Ukraine.
In the Western media, articles have repeatedly appeared about the allegedly possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. Against this background, American lawmakers are calling for tougher sanctions against Moscow. Russia has repeatedly rejected reports of an alleged possible invasion of Ukraine. On January 10, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov noted that Moscow had no intentions to attack Ukraine and could not have it.
Source: IZ
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