By Vladimir Soldatkin
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia wants to avoid a conflict with Ukraine and the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, demanding an “immediate” response from the United States and its allies to Russia’s demand for security guarantees. safety.
“This is not our (preferred) choice, we don’t want this,” Putin said at his annual press conference when asked about the possibility of a conflict with Ukraine.
He said Russia has received an initial essentially positive response to the security proposals it has presented to the US this month and that negotiations will begin early next year in Geneva.
“I hope that the situation will continue along this path,” he said.
In a separate response, Putin was further exasperated when he recalled how the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) “deceived” his country with successive waves of expansion since the Cold War and said the Russian government urgently needed an answer.
“You need to give us assurances and immediately – now.”
Russia refutes Ukrainian and US accusations that it may be preparing an invasion of Ukraine as early as next month with tens of thousands of soldiers near the border.
The country said it needed promises from the West, including that NATO would refrain from any military activity in Eastern Europe because its security is threatened by Ukraine’s growing ties to the Western alliance and the possibility of NATO missiles being deployed to the territory. Ukrainian targeting Russia.
“We directly pose the question that there should be no further movement by NATO to the east. The ball is in their court, they should answer us with something,” Putin said.
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REUTERS
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