MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he’d consider a slew of options if the West fails to meet his drive for security guarantees preventing Nato’s expansion to Ukraine.
Before this month, Moscow submitted draft security documents demanding that Nato deny class to Ukraine and other former Soviet countries and roll back its military deployments in Central and Eastern Europe.
Putin has prompted the West to move snappily to meet the demands, advising that Moscow will have to take acceptable service-specialized measures if the West continues its aggressive course on the threshold of our home.
Asked to specify what similar Moscow’s response could be, he said in commentary vented by Russian state Television that it could be different, adding without elaboration that it’ll depend on what proffers our military experts submit to me.
The US and its abettors have refused to offer Russia the kind of guarantee on Ukraine that Putin wants, citing Nato’s principle that class is open to any qualifying country. They agreed. still, to launch security addresses with Russia coming month to bandy its enterprises.
Putin said the addresses with the US will be held in Geneva. In resemblant, accommodations are also set to be held between Russia and Nato, and broader conversations are anticipated under the aegis of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
In reflections broadcast Sunday, Putin said that Russia submitted the demands in the stopgap of a formative answer from the West.
We didn’t do it just to see it blocked. but for the purpose of reaching a negotiated political result that would be fixed in fairly binding documents,” Putin said.
He reaffirmed that Nato class for Ukraine or the deployment of alliance munitions there’s a red line for Moscow that it wouldn’t allow the West to cross.
We’ve nowhere to retreat, he said, adding that Nato could emplace dumdums in Ukraine that would take just four or five twinkles to reach Moscow. They’ve pushed us to a line that we can’t cross. They’ve taken it to the point where we simply must tell them; Stop!” He raised concern that the US and its abettors could try to drag out the security addresses and use them as a cover to pursue a military buildup near Russia.
He noted that Russia published its security demands to make them known to the public and raise the pressure on the US and its abettors to negotiate a security deal.
We’ve just one thing to reach agreements that would ensure the security of Russia and its citizens now and in a long-term perspective, he said.
The Kremlin presented its security demand amid the pressures over a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine in recent weeks that has fueled Western fears of a possible irruption. US President Joe Biden advised Putin in a videotape call before this month that Russia will face severe consequences if it attacks Ukraine.
Russia has denied any intention of launching an irruption and, in its turn, indicted Ukraine of setting plans to try to reclaim control of the homes held by Moscow- backed revolutionists by force. Ukraine has rejected the claim.
Russia adjoined Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and shortly after threw its support behind a separatist rebellion in the country’s east. Over further than seven times, the fighting has killed over people and devastated Ukraine’s artificial heartland, known as the Donbas.
