Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry PeskovWASHINGTON, Jan 16Tensions on the border with Ukraine are too high, so Russia insists on getting a direct response to its proposals for security guarantees, said presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the American television channel CNN, video clips of which were posted on Twitter by the Hill newspaper. Moscow, he said, wants get «a very specific answer to their very specific proposals.» «We have too high tension on the border. There is too much tension in this part of Europe,» Peskov said, noting that such a situation is «extremely dangerous for our continent.» For this reason , according to a presidential spokesman, Russia is waiting for a «direct response» to its concerns. Peskov also noted that the United States has not provided any evidence of its claim that Russia is allegedly planning an escalation around Ukraine. «We're still waiting for proof,» he remarked.The SBU general said that Russia is not going to attack Ukraine. The presidential press secretary stated that one has to live «in a world of fake accusations, fake news, a world of lies.» Earlier, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, without providing any evidence, said, that the United States determined the timing of Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine, probably on a «trumpeted pretext.» A similar statement that Moscow is looking for a pretext for such actions was also made by Pentagon Speaker John Kirby. The Russian Embassy in Washington called these allegations stuffing and informational pressure. threats of a full-scale invasion by Russia, the authorities do not plan to introduce martial law in the country. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly denied reports of a “pulling up” of troops to the Russian-Ukrainian border, which the West, as noted in the department, uses as a pretext for sanctions ultimatums.
US hopes to achieve de-escalation in Ukraine through diplomacy, Nuland saidVladimir Putin also stressed that Moscow is not going to attack anyone. According to him, the Russian threat is “an invention of those who want to cash in on their role as a forward detachment in the fight against Russia, to receive some kind of bonuses and preferences for this.” Negotiations with NATO security guarantees: on January 9-10, the issue was discussed in Geneva at meetings with the American side, on January 12 — at a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council, and on January 13 — at the OSCE site. Lavrov stated that the West promised to give written answers to Russian proposals next week under an agreement with the States and an agreement with NATO. As the minister emphasized, Moscow needs a specific answer to each article of the documents put forward — the further actions of the Russian side and the prospects for resuming negotiations will depend on this. funds near the Russian border, the removal of American nuclear weapons from Europe and guarantees of non-expansion of NATO to the east. » to Ukraine
