Russia is looking for a pretext for crimes in Ukraine
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Russia is going to attack Ukraine in the near future and is looking for an excuse to do so. He chooses Moscow to declare no such intentions in order to withdraw troops from the borders with Ukraine and begin to test the settlement of the situation.
Blinken made such statements after The United States received a response from Moscow concerning a security guarantee.
“We received today a (Russian – ed.) response, which we are studying,” the Secretary of State said on the website of the UN Security Council, which was broadcast by the channel. “Russia 24” and media platform “Looking”.
Blinken began his speech for consideration with a statement about the “monstrous aggression” that Russia will present against Ukraine.
According to the US Secretary of State, it is possible to regulate the situation around Ukraine and conflicts in the southwestern countries only with the help of Minsk enterprises. But Russia, according to him, does not comply with these aspects.
“These agreements were reached as a result of negotiations in 2014-2015,” he said.
Blinken also said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov would find an opportunity to hold a meeting in Europe.
Western politicians and the media are increasingly talking about “attack” on Ukraine, what Russia can lead to. February 16th. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations. Contrary to the expectations of the West, there was no “invasion” on February 16, because, as it was repeatedly stated in the Kremlin and the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia’s actions were not foreseen and were not planned. Nevertheless, the White House believes that the Russian Federation can “attack” the neighboring country “at any moment.”
With regard to proposals for security guarantees in Europe, their Russia, the US and NATO at the end of last year. They are talking about the non-expansion of the North Atlantic bloc and the non-alignment of Ukraine to it. Also, Moscow provided Western partners from the deployment of military bases in the countries of the post-Soviet space. Washington responded to these proposals. document who outlined Moscow’s surprise at this answerwas handed over to serve John Sullivan earlier on 17 February.