Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro KulebaWASHINGTON, Jan 25 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, commenting negotiations between the Russian Federation and the West, said that Kiev would not accept the concessions made behind its back. «If someone makes a concession on Ukraine behind Ukraine's back … we will not accept it. We will not find ourselves in the position of a country that picks up the phone, listens to the instruction of a major power and follows it,» Kuleba said in an interview with CNN.The United States refused to make concessions to Russia on security issuesThe head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claims that Kiev has fulfilled its obligations taken as a result of previous agreements with the Russian Federation. According to the correspondent of the TV channel, Kuleba also added that if anyone comes to Kiev and demands new concessions, he will personally arrange for them to be sent to the airport. At the end of 2021, Russia published drafts of a treaty with the United States and an agreement with NATO on security guarantees. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further expansion of NATO to the east, from joining the Ukrainian bloc and from establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near Russia's borders and the withdrawal of the alliance's forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997.The ex-deputy of the Rada said that the United States would soon transfer Ukraine to Russia This was followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels and consultations at the Vienna site of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. In continuation of the discussions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held talks in Geneva on January 21. Lavrov, after talks with the US Secretary of State, said that Washington promised to send Russia a response to proposals on security guarantees this week. Lavrov noted that it would be correct to publicize Washington's response on security assurances, would ask Blinken to do so. -content/uploads/2022/01/dfaffe4186764ef8e9a50ab770b1f8b3.jpg» />InfographicsRussia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the ability to help Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation 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 bother anyone.
The West has denied Russia security guarantees: what next?
