U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland at the building of the Russian Foreign Ministry. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 15The United States hopes it can achieve de-escalation around Ukraine and progress through diplomacy with Russia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland said. crisis around Ukraine — ed.) and achieve some progress on a number of issues through diplomacy,» Nuland said in an interview with the Financial Times. She added that the United States hoped that Moscow would continue the negotiations, but added that this decision rests with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Nuland, at the moment, the United States and Russia «just heard each other,» and it will be necessary to reach any agreements more time. Russia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of escalation, stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and that it is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. 
In the US, they talked about developing scenarios in case of an escalation around Ukraine
