The USA is convinced that Russia is threatening NATO, trenches are being dug in Ukraine
Forces of rapid reaction tension in increased alertness, writes the German newspaper Die Welt, citing high-ranking sources. After the statements of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin The Financial Times discusses whether Russia is ready to use military forces in response to the hostility of the North Atlantic Alliance.
Foreign media interpreted yesterday’s speech by the Russian leader in their own way. How and when will the politicians respond to the Russian proposals?
Statements of Vladimir Putin at the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense overseas did not go unnoticed, however, on the American air they were presented in a little-recognized form. “Tonight there were new threats from Vladimir Putin. Surrounded by his generals, he demanded that he withdraw his troops from Eastern Europe. “
The United States is trying to achieve as close as possible to the Russian borders, and then the red lines of Moscow. Russian proposals for draft treaties with the United States and NATO. Some of these proposals are Secretary of State Anthony Blinken already called unacceptable, but on other issues, the dialogue can start at the beginning of next year.
“Russia has stated and published several documents on this matter that it has complaints, demands, concerns. said Blinken.
Whatever it is, they are waiting in Moscow.
So if there is an understanding on the organizational side of the matter, of course, there is still a lot of work to be done, – said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. We insist solely on legally binding guarantees. “
Moreover, there is the potential for a significant deterioration of the security situation on Russia’s borders, and Moscow sees and calculates all the options.
“Well, they will put hypersonic weapons in Ukraine. – Including the regions of the Russian Federation, for example, the Crimea. threat? “
While in the West, they continue to frighten aggressive Russia, using special machines and demonstrating supplied by the States. For the first time in Donbass, the Ukrainian military conducted live training exercises from American Javelin anti-tank missile systems.
These complexes are capable of destroying tanks at a distance of about 3 kilometers. All of this is clearly not conducive to diplomacy. According to Lavrov, Russia is sabotaging the Minsk agreements. True, Ukrainian diplomacy today again appeared in an unattractive light – this time a fire. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky gathered Ukrainian ambassadors at the state residence of Sinegor for consultations and, as eyewitnesses say, the meeting was more like a party with alcohol and dancing. It is unclear what is being discussed, but Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned about the possibility of the most provocative scenarios in Donbass the day before.
The belligerent mood of Kiev is constantly coming from Brussels. In response to the draft treaty with NATO proposed by Russia, Secretary General Jens has already several times that the issue of Ukraine’s accession is an internal affair of NATO and Ukraine. This is contrary to OSCE commitments, which prohibit strengthening one’s security at the expense of others.
“Mr. Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, constantly makes some very adequate statements. – We are, as I said, signatories to the region-wide Euro-Atlantic document, which contains the principle of the indivisibility of security. already leave for another job.
This whole wave of contradictions is to be discussed – the first contacts of negotiators from Russia and the United States must go to the Senate… On December 22, Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Chiefs of Staff Committee, Mark Milli: “regional security” was discussed. Contacts at the highest level are also possible – between presidents Vladimir Putin and Joseph Biden. Moreover, it is possible that they end before the end of the year.