untitled design

Russia warns it will react if Ukraine gets involved in US “geopolitical games”

Moscow will respond if the Ukraine Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his US counterpart Anthony Blinken today.

During the talks “it was emphasized that ignorance of her legitimate concerns Russia, Ukraine’s involvement in geopolitical games of USA “Against the background of the deployment of NATO forces in the immediate vicinity of our borders, it will have the most serious consequences, they will force us to take responsive measures to restore military and strategic balance,” said in a statement posted on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry. , cited by the Russian news agency Interfax.ru, as broadcast by Reuters and rebroadcast by the Athens News Agency.

Lavrov told Blinken in talks in Stockholm that Russia and the United States must agree on long-term security guarantees, the foreign ministry said.

Russia’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Thursday that it hoped the summit between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden would take place in the coming days, but did not set a date, Interfax news agency reported.

Political ties between Moscow and Washington are under pressure

Political ties between Moscow and Washington are under new pressure, which Kiev and the West attribute to at the gathering of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine.

Moscow denies having a plan to invade and accuses Ukraine of stepping up its own forces in the east of the country.

You may also like

Get the latest

Stay Informed: Get the Latest Updates and Insights

 

Most popular