MOSCOW, Jan 27NATO and members of the alliance did not undertake obligations to protect Ukraine, said Alexei Zaitsev, Deputy Director of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry. the contingent was previously planned to return from Poland, and also apologized to Kiev. On Tuesday, Milanovic said that the Croatian authorities would withdraw their troops from NATO forces in Eastern Europe in the event of an escalation in Ukraine, according to him, this is a «policy of the US presidential administration.» The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called unacceptable the statements of the President of Croatia on Ukraine's membership in NATO and the situation in the country and pointed out that they run counter to the official position of the country and harm relations, and demands their official refutation. For his words, the President of Croatia on the same day got into the database of the scandalous Ukrainian resource «Peacemaker» as an «anti-Ukrainian propagandist».The Foreign Ministry called even the idea of a war between Russians and Ukrainians unacceptable»As far as we know, NATO and its member states did not undertake obligations to protect Ukraine. This was repeatedly emphasized, including by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg himself. Ukraine is only a partner of the alliance, Article 5 of the Washington Treaty on the collective defense of NATO countries does not apply to it,» Zaitsev said at a briefing. Russia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and anyone is not going to attack, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. 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.
