US Department of State Building in Washington DC WASHINGTON, Jan 12 US Ready to Continue «Diplomacy and Dialogue «with Russia, if the situation around Ukraine does not undergo any changes for the better or for the worse,» said State Department spokesman Ned Price. «If the status quo continues, we will continue to engage in diplomacy and dialogue. But we made it very clear that diplomacy and dialogue can only yield results in the context of de-escalation, «he said at a briefing in Washington. and RossiiPrice added that de-escalation should not drag on «for weeks or more.» «(This) requires one person in the Russian system to issue an order, and we saw this progress, saw that this order is being relayed to de-escalation on the ground,» he said. The American authorities characterize the situation around Ukraine as a crisis, accusing Russia of concentration of a large military grouping near the borders of a neighboring country. Russia rejects the aggressive plans attributed to it. 
Russia has two paths in the situation with Ukraine, said Nuland
