Russia warns West: No to military intervention in Ukraine

Against any military involvement in Ukraine The Kremlin warns the West as escalating tensions escalate with the development of Russian military forces, which worries Americans and Ukrainians.

Any military build-up in Ukraine would increase tensions near Russia’s borders and force Moscow to take emergency security measures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov threatened. “Russia does not threaten anyone and has never threatened anyone.”

NATO, as reported by AMPE, yesterday expressed concern about the large deployment of military forces near the border with eastern Ukraine, after the Russia warned that escalating hostilities in the Donbas region would “destroy” Ukraine.

Peshkov also told reporters that the situation on the line of contact in eastern Ukraine between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatist Ukrainian forces was dire and that many provocative actions take place there.

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Taran yesterday and “condemned the recent escalation of aggressive and provocative actions in eastern Ukraine,” the Pentagon said in a statement.

On the other hand, US-Russian relations are at their lowest point, following the recall by Moscow of the Russian ambassador to Washington. when the US President called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “killer”.

Kiev accuses Moscow of amassing strong military forces on its border with eastern Ukraine, possibly preparing an attack in support of pro-Russian Ukrainian forces in Donbass or Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014.

Following the ceasefire in the second half of 2020, hostilities have been escalating in eastern Ukraine since January. The two camps blame each other for the escalation.

Twenty Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 57 wounded since the beginning of the year.

According to Dmitry Peshkov, if the conflict threatens to flare up again, it is due to the “repeated provocations of the Ukrainian military forces.”

Ukraine’s military intelligence service has accused Moscow of preparing “entry” of regular Russian military forces into separatist territories “under the guise of protecting its inhabitants”, to whom Russia has distributed hundreds of thousands of passports.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine, which killed 13,000 people, began in 2014 after a pro-Western government took power in Kiev. The annexation of Crimea followed.

The Minsk peace agreements, following negotiations under the auspices of France and Germany, are a dead letter.

Despite the rhetorical escalation, the escalation of hostilities and the recent troop movements, Paris believes that the conflict will not be generalized.

“I do not think we will have an escalation, but we remain careful. That is why France and Germany are trying to pressure the presidents of Russia and Ukraine to resume talks, “said French Foreign Minister Clement Bonn.

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