Differences between Russia and the United States with NATO over the proposals put forward by the Russian Federation on guarantees cause concern, said Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for the Russian president. Speaking about whether Russia will deploy military forces in Ukraine, Mr. Peskov said that he could not say otherwise. At the same time, he confirmed the position of the Kremlin: Russia will not attack Ukraine, and the accusations of preparing a provocation in the Donbass are false.
Mr. Peskov repeated that Russia expects NATO to guarantee that Ukraine will not be admitted to the bloc, since now “it is legally possible.” According to him, there is no talk of military action in case of refusal. At the same time, he noted that “we are not going to say that we will not deploy offensive weapons on the territory of Ukraine” (excerpts from an interview with CNN reports Bloomberg).
In another passage published The Hill, Mr. Peskov responded negatively to the question of whether Russia is preparing any kind of provocation. “This is not happening – this time. Secondly, as we said yesterday: we deny the statements of Mr. Sullivan (US national security adviser Jake Sullivan. — “b”). He promised that he would publish evidence of the allegations within 24 hours, if I am not mistaken. We are still waiting for proof. You know, we live in a world of fake accusations, fake news, and a world of lies. Until this is confirmed in any way – something clear and understandable – we will continue to assume that this is fake news and false accusations, ”he said.
There is a certain understanding between Russia and the United States and NATO, Mr. Peskov noted. “But in general and in principle, we can say that we are on different, completely different paths. This is not good, and this causes concern, ”Bloomberg quotes him as saying.
On January 14, the United States accused Russia of preparing provocations for the invasion of Ukraine. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, after talks on security guarantees with First Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Geneva, assured that Russia had no plans to attack Ukraine. According to him, “an escalation scenario in the situation on the Russian-Ukrainian border is excluded.”
On the results of the negotiations of the Russian Federation with the United States and NATO – in the material “Kommersant” “What was required to trade.”
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