National Security Adviser Jake SullivanWASHINGTON, Jan 16 week will be able to provide additional information on further diplomatic steps towards Russia, said US national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Russia held three meetings with Western countries to discuss the situation around Ukraine and the architecture of European security. Contacts in Geneva, Brussels and Vienna revealed significant differences in the positions of the parties and ended without agreements on new contacts. «We are in close contact with our allies and partners, including the Ukrainians… We are working in close coordination on the next steps. Early next week we will be able to share more information on further diplomatic steps,» Sullivan said in an interview. Russia denies aggressive plans attributed to it in the West towards Ukraine, but calls the situation created by the expansion of NATO to the East critical, warns of the possibility of countermeasures and expresses disappointment at the alliance's refusal to guarantee the non-inclusion of a neighboring country in its ranks. Sullivan repeated that The United States is ready both to aggravate the situation and to continue diplomatic work. «If Russia wants to to move forward on the path of diplomacy, we are fully prepared to do so in cooperation with our allies and partners. If Russia wants to go down the path of invasion and escalation, we are ready for this too with a decisive response,» he said. bad winter» because of Russia, writes Bloomberg
