“The main objective of the United States is to contain Russiaand Ukraine is their instrument to drag us into an armed conflict, and hit us with the harshest sanctions,” he said.
“I hope that in the end we will find a solution, even if it is not easy,” added, upon receiving the Hungarian Prime Minister, Victor Orbán, an ally even though his country is a member of the European Union and NATO. For Orban, the differences between the two parties were “surmountable”.
The Russian president did not mention the tens of thousands of soldiers deployed on the border with Ukraine for weeks, and that leads the Western world to think that he is preparing a new attack on his neighbor after the one in 2014.
US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenurged his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, to “an immediate de-escalation and the withdrawal of troops and equipment from the borders of Ukraine”, warning of “swift and severe” sanctions in the event of an offensive.
Russia denies any warlike intention and demands guarantees for its security, in particular that Ukraine will never be a member of NATO and that the Atlantic Alliance will withdraw its forces to their 1997 positions, that is, before its successive enlargements in Eastern Europe.
The US government rejected these demands and left the door open to discuss other issues, such as the deployment of missiles or reciprocal limits on military maneuvers. Russia prepares a response to this position.
“We are analyzing the written responses received from the United States and NATO … but it is clear that Russia’s principled concerns have been ignored,” Putin said.
Source: Ambito
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