The Kremlin on Thursday, February 3, urged the United States to “to ceaseto aggravate the Russian-Western crisis around Ukraine, the day after the American decision to send 3,000 additional soldiers to Eastern Europe.
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“We constantly call on our American partners to stop fueling tensionssaid Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. According to him, “Russia’s concern is clear and fully justified”, since these are “Americans sent to European countries“. The day before, Russian diplomacy had judged “destructivethe announcement of the dispatch of these reinforcements.
Russians and Westerners are engaged in multiple formats of discussions, displaying on both sides the objective of de-escalation, but also a desire not to yield anything on their positions of principle. Moscow has deployed tens of thousands of men for months on the borders of Ukraine, which for the West is the sign of a major military operation. Russia denies.
The Kremlin says in return that NATO threatens Russia’s security and calls for an end to the Alliance’s enlargement policy and its withdrawal from Eastern Europe in order to reduce tensions. What Europeans and Americans refuse. Washington has, however, proposed that the rivals commit not to deploy offensive military means in Ukraine, that Moscow inspect certain military infrastructures that worry it in Europe, and that the two countries agree on arms control measures. . French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are planning to come to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin has confirmed discussions to this effect.