Strong security in Europe worries NATO among Russia | Critical Issues of Ukraine-Russia
The NATO leader said Europe needed to change its power, as the United Kingdom had warned that it was “possible” that Russia, the world’s largest gas producer, wanted to take over Ukraine.
The European Union relies on Russia for about a third of its gas supply and any disruption could add to the existing energy crisis due to the shortage.
“We are concerned about the state of energy in Europe because it reflects the insecurity of relying on a single gas and that is why NATO allies agree that we must work and focus on diversity,” NATO Secretary-General said. Jens Stoltenberg said Sunday.
Conflicts have risen Russia has deployed 120,000 troops on the Ukrainian border and demands that the Western Defense Force withdraw troops and weapons from Eastern Europe and prevent Ukraine, the former Soviet Union, from joining NATO.
Stoltenberg said NATO had no plans to send non-NATO troops to Ukraine if they invaded Russia, adding that “we are looking forward to providing assistance”.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called on Russia to withdraw its troops and continue talks with the West if it is “deep” in reducing tensions.
“Diplomacy is the only reliable way,” Kuleba said.
If the Russian authorities are serious about declaring that they do not want a new war, Russia should continue to negotiate and repatriate the militants they met on the Ukrainian border and in the temporary settlements in Ukraine. Diplomacy is the only reliable way.
– Dmytro Kuleba (myDmytroKuleba) January 30, 2022
‘We do not want war’
Moscow rejected any plans to attack, but said on Sunday it would ask NATO to clarify whether it wanted to meet security requirements, after saying the alliance was in line with its promises. requirements did not go far enough.
“If they do not want to, let them explain why,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state television. “This will be an important question in determining what we want in the future.”
Russia’s security chief Nikolai Patrushev has also rejected a series of international warnings against attacks.
“Right now, they say Russia is threatening Ukraine – it’s ridiculous,” he told the state news agency Tass. “We do not want war and we do not want it at all.”
However, this did not prevent Canada from announcing the temporary removal of unwanted people from its ambassador to Ukraine, but said the ambassador’s office would remain open.
US, UK increases risk of penalties
The United States, which has threatened Russia with new sanctions if it seizes Ukraine, is awaiting a hearing from Moscow. It says NATO will not leave Eastern Europe or bar Ukraine from joining NATO, but is ready to discuss topics such as arms embargoes and strategies to build confidence.
Two top US officials working on the bill say they are very close to Russia’s anti-Russian law agreement. These measures include monitoring Russian banks and independent loans and providing anti-terrorism assistance in Ukraine.
Some of the sanctions in the bill could be enforced prior to Russia’s actions, say US Senators Bob Menendez, chairman of the Democratic Republic of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and James Risch, Republican leader. Menendez also spoke of cyberattacks in Ukraine, false flag operations and attempts to undermine the Ukrainian government internally.
On Saturday, a White House official said Biden’s management wanted to save the Russian people from suffering and to control outside the US if Russia invaded Ukraine, just to focus on the industrial sector.
Washington has for weeks been trying to forge an alliance with its European counterparts on tight terms, but the problem is fragmented, Germany is pushing for “wisdom”.
In the meantime, the United Kingdom will introduce new legislation this week to increase the number of sanctions it could impose this week to prevent Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine. It also provided a Great NATO deployment in the process of strengthening European borders.
“We think it’s very possible [Putin] wants to invade Ukraine. That is why we are doing everything we can to stop and negotiate, urging her to stop, “Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told BBC television.
Truss, who is due to travel to Ukraine and Russia in the next two weeks, told Sky News that the law would help the UK achieve more goals “so no one would think they would not receive the sanctions”.
Asked if the new regime would include the possibility of seizing the property of wealthy Russians in London, Truss said: “There is nothing on the table.”
