The building of the US Department of State in Washington. Archive photo WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with colleagues from the UK, Germany, France and Italy, who confirmed their readiness to continue US-European coordination in the situation around Ukraine, said US Foreign Ministry spokesman Ned Price All five represented their countries at the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.
& # 34; The group pledged to continue close US-European coordination to contain further Russian aggression against Ukraine and called for Russian de-escalation, highlighting a shared commitment to diplomacy, & # 34; — said in a press release.
Russia denies attributed to it in the West aggressive plans against a neighboring state and declares that the way to defuse tensions lies through the full fulfillment by Ukraine of its obligations under the Minsk agreements on the settlement in Donbass. />»Without Russia, this is doomed to failure.» How the talks with NATO ended The deputy foreign ministers reiterated the threat of «large-scale consequences» including the use of «coordinated restrictive economic measures» against Russia in the event of an escalation in Ukraine, Price added. Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of «aggressive actions» by the West and Ukraine. claiming that it is not threatening anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged the intensification of «aggressive actions» on the part of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. 
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