The tightness that was inside her Of Ukraine She too Russia, Concentrated forces on the border, provoked A new confrontation between Moscow and Washington Reminiscent of the Cold War era.
The first tension began on November 10th NATO Warned of Moscow’s “aggressive behavior” after troops moved near the Ukrainian border.
The warning came five months after Kiev protested that Putin was gathering troops on its eastern border and in Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014.
Violence has recently increased in the eastern part of the country, which is controlled by separatists. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the West of “supplying modern weapons to Kiev” and organized provocative military exercises.
On November 28, Ukraine announced that Russia had mobilized nearly 92,000 troops for a planned offensive in late January or early February.
Moscow denies the allegations and three days later blamed its own military moves on the Kiev border, demanding “legal guarantees” that NATO would never join the full conflict.
On December 7, US President Joe Biden threatened Putin with “financial sanctions” if he invaded Ukraine, but refused to send troops in support of Kiev. Putin is once again demanding an end to NATO’s eastern expansion.
On December 16, the European Union and NATO warned of “greater strategic consequences if further attacks on Ukraine’s regional integrity” occur. The next day, Moscow responds with its own objections to curbing US influence in the former Soviet Union.
On December 28, Washington and Moscow announced the start of intensification talks, two days after Biden warned Putin that the progress of the talks depended on the “escalation” of the conflict in Ukraine.
On January 2, 2022, Biden promised Ukraine that Washington and its allies would “respond decisively” if Russia invaded.
Three days later, EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borel visited the forts in the east, where he pledged full support to the camp in Ukraine.
On January 8, a senior White House official said the United States was ready to discuss with Russia the two countries’ missile systems and military exercises.
On January 10, top US and Russian officials begin a week of tense talks in Geneva. Two days later, NATO and Russia expressed strong differences over Ukraine at a meeting of the NATO Council and the Russian side.
On January 14, a major cyber attack on government targets in Ukraine. Kiev says Russia planned the attack. On the same day, US officials said Russia was planning provocations to create an invasion. The Kremlin denies all of the above.
On Monday, Russian troops began arriving in Belarus for special military exercises, which Moscow said were aimed at “preventing external aggression.” U.S. officials say troops are doing more for a simple military exercise. The next day, Washington warns that “Russia could launch an attack on Ukraine at any time.”
Meanwhile, in Moscow, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is due to visit Ukraine, seeking clarification ahead of further talks.
On Wednesday, Washington announced an additional $ 200 million in aid to Kiev as the threat of an invasion increased. Washington shows green flag for Baltic countries to send US-made weapons to Ukraine on Thursday.
It threatens four major Ukrainians with sanctions – including two lawmakers – accusing them of being “soldiers” of Russia’s secret services destabilizing the country.
Biden warns with a decisive response if an invasion occurs. On Friday, Blinken warned his Russian envoy, Sergei Lavrov, about NATO’s “single, immediate and decisive retaliation” in the event of a Russian invasion during talks in Geneva. However, he says the United States is still seeking a diplomatic solution.
Meeting between Sergei Lavrov and Anthony Blingen A mansion on the shores of Lake Geneva is the latest move in a serious diplomatic effort launched by two of their deputy ministers back in Geneva 11 days ago.
Although both sides had different objectives for the outcome of their talks, they agreed to continue the talks despite wide disagreements.
Moscow has demanded legally binding guarantees from NATO that the federation will stop expanding and return to its 1997 borders.
Asked what it means for Bulgaria and Romania to join NATO after 1997, the ministry said Russia wants the withdrawal of all foreign troops, weapons and other military equipment from those countries.
See footage below from the Ukrainian-Russian border.
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The Russian parliament is to discuss a resolution recognizing the independence of Russian-speaking provinces
Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of the Russian State Duma (lower house), said that consultations with the leaders of the parliamentary committees would be held next week on the initiative of the Communist Party of Russia (KKRO). According to the Russian state news agency TASS, the so-called “People’s Republics” in Donetsk and Lukansk in eastern Ukraine.
The two Russian-speaking provinces in eastern Ukraine have been under autonomous administration since 2014, and have not accepted the Kiev government. The Ukrainian government considers these provinces to be occupied by separatists and terrorists with the support of the Russian military, while Russia categorically denies the presence of its military forces. According to the autonomous administrations of the two provinces, there are about 3.6 million citizens, of whom 611,000 have Russian identity cards by July 2021, and the process is continuing on the basis of special regulation by the Russian government for a speedy response. Related requests.
The motion for a resolution in the Russian State Duma was tabled on January 19 by Communist lawmakers led by Gennady Djukovic. The Kremlin, through its spokesman Dmitry Peshkov, commented that it would wait until the end of the parliamentary process before taking office.
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