Moscow: Russian President on Tuesday repeated his request for guarantees from the US and his allies that NATO would not expand to the east, blame the west for “tensions that are being built in Europe.” Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech at the Military Kuningan over Russia came for days after Moscow submitted a draft security document that demanded that NATO refused membership to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and twisted the military spread of alliances in Central and Eastern Europe.
Demands – contained in the proposed Russian-US security agreement and security agreements between Moscow and NATO – designed amid tensions over the buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine who have sparked concerns about the possibility of invasion.
Russia denied it had a plan to attack its neighbors but urged legal guarantees that would rule out the spread of NATO’s expansion and weapons there.
Putin charged Tuesday that if the US missile and NATO system appeared in Ukraine, it would take the missile just a few minutes to reach Moscow.
“For us, it is the most serious challenge – challenges for our security,” he said, adding that this is why the Kremlin requires “long-term guarantees, legally binding” from the West, as opposed to “verbal guarantees, words” and promise “that Moscow could not believe , “said Russian leader.” Russia was forced to respond at every step.
The situation continued to deteriorate and deteriorate, deteriorating and deteriorating.
And here we are today, in a situation when we are forced to finish it somehow.
“Russian relations with the US slumped to the lowest position of the Cold War after annexing the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and supported a separatist rebellion in East Ukraine who still controlled the area there.
Tensions were revived in the last few weeks after Moscow grew tens of thousands of troops near the border Ukraine.
Putin has pressed the West for a guarantee that NATO will not develop into Ukraine or spread its troops there and raise the problem during video calls with US President Joe Biden two weeks ago Currently operating in two villages in East Ukraine who torn war, train Ukrainian troops and prepared a shooting position in a residential building and various facilities.
Putin said the US “must understand we have no place to retreat.” “What they are trying to do and plan to be done on WI Lake Ukraine, it’s not thousands of kilometers away, it happened right on the doorstep of our house, “he said.
Putin added that Moscow hopes “constructive and meaningful talks with the visible results – and within a certain period of time – which will ensure the same security for all.” “Armed conflict, bloodshed is not our choice, and we do not want such a development.
We want to solve problems with political and diplomatic ways,” Putin said.
US Assistant Secretary of State Karen Dontried, the top US diplomat for Europe, said on Tuesday briefing that Washington was ready to discuss the proposals placed on the table.
” “There are a number of things we are ready to do, and we believe there is a service in discussing,” Donfried told reporters after a visit to Kyiv, Moskel and Brussels.
“There are other things in documents that Russia knows will be unacceptable,” he added, without determining which one.
Donfried said the bilateral meeting of U.-Russia is likely to occur in January, and speak in the NATO-Russian Council, as well as organizations for security and cooperation in Europe, it is likely to see movement in January too.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday that he intended to call a new meeting of the NATO-Russian council as soon as possible in the new year.
“Every dialogue with Russia needs to be based on the core principles of European security and to overcome NATO’s concerns about Russian actions.
And it is necessary to do consultation with NATO European partners, including with Ukraine,” said Stoltenberg.