Homeland Security Adviser Jake SullivanWASHINGTON Feb 9 National Security Adviser to the President Jake Sullivan and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in a telephone conversation, expressed their readiness to continue dialogue with Russia to de-escalate the crisis over Ukraine, Sullivan's press office said. Ukraine. They discussed the willingness of the US and NATO to continue to engage in dialogue with Russia to find a diplomatic path to de-escalation,» the press release reads. />France called the worst mistake of NATO in relations with RussiaKiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged strengthening m of «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine and threatened with new sensitive sanctions. The administration of US President Joe Biden, amid rhetoric about plans attributed to the Russian Federation for a possible invasion of Ukraine, began sending additional troops to Europe. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone, and claims of «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders.
