US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva. File photoWASHINGTON Feb 13The risk of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine is high enough to consider the evacuation of employees of the American embassy in Kiev «prudent», US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a press conference in Honolulu. The head of the State Department expressed confidence that the diplomatic path to resolve the situation around Ukraine «remains open» . According to him, if Russia escalates the situation, the response of the US and its allies will be «quick, unified and tough.» At the same time, Moscow categorically denies the plans attributed to Russia by the West.
"Yesterday we ordered the departure of most of the Americans still in the American embassy in Kiev. The risk of military action from the Russian Federation is high enough, the threat is serious enough to consider this a prudent measure", Blinken said.
In his opinion, «no one should be surprised» if Russia goes on a «provocation or incident» and then uses this to «justify» military actions. At the same time, the day before, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, during a telephone conversation with Blinken, said that the propaganda campaign of the United States and its allies about «Russian aggression» against Ukraine pursues provocative goals.
«The goal is the Russian border.» Quarreling in the West over Moscow and KievRecently, the West has been accusing Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and is strengthening its presence in Eastern Europe. In Russia, they reject all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territories, and also remind that they do not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and do not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements. The Ukrainian authorities have concentrated on the border with the self-proclaimed The DPR and LPR most of the army and regularly fire on the militias, including with the use of prohibited equipment transferred by Western countries. The United States, Great Britain, Canada, France, Poland, Turkey, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria participate in the supply of weapons worth billions of dollars in total , Romania, Estonia. In addition, foreign military instructors continue to arrive in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly urged to stop pumping weapons into the region, as this could provoke Kiev into military adventures. » /> The United States «went crazy» because of Ukraine, writes the National Interest