Putin threatens "different" US and NATO responses to non-compliance with "security guarantees"
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Kremlin will not delay "different" answers if the United States and NATO do not comply with its demands for so-called "security guarantees".
Putin said this in the program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin", was reported by RBC.
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"They (answers - ed.) May be different. It depends on the proposals made by our military experts", - Putin said, answering questions about what Russia's next steps might be if "NATO countries "do not hear us at this time also".
He also added that the Kremlin had sent its proposals not to "vote for and stop something".
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Putin assured that Moscow seeks to achieve results through diplomatic talks, which the Kremlin has written in its demands.
What is known
- The Guardian reports, citing British intelligence sources, that there are currently about 175,000 Russian servicemen near the Ukrainian border, and that Russia is considering three scenarios for a military offensive.
- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated the right of Georgia and Ukraine to choose their own allies, and stressed that the Alliance would monitor the situation in Ukraine.
- On 16 December, at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that if there was aggression against Ukraine in the future, it would have severe consequences and a very high price.
- US Army General Mark Millie considers Russia's open aggression a threat to the security of the United States and NATO member states.
- Russia continues to build up troops near Ukraine's borders, despite a video conference on December 7 that US President Joe Biden called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate the conflict. Russia suspends and changes the schedule of commercial air and rail flights for the transportation of personnel and Russian military equipment. US and Ukrainian officials have evidence of this.
- The G7 countries promise Russia "serious costs" in the event of its invasion of Ukraine.
- The Russian Federation demands that NATO formally withdraw its promise to join Ukraine. This is the decision of the 2008 Bucharest summit.
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