A serviceman during a tactical exercise involving the armed forces of Ukraine and NATO countriesMOSCOW, February 21 President Vladimir Putin told Russia at a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation that a possible moratorium on Ukraine's admission to NATO is not a concession, but simply the fulfillment of the West's plans to prepare Kiev for the upcoming entry into the alliance. «Ukraine is not going to be accepted tomorrow. Moreover, some kind of moratorium is possible but they think that Ukraine is not ready today, so my answer was simple, we think it’s not a concession to us, it’s the implementation of your plans. this is not a moratorium for us, you are making this moratorium for yourself. What is the movement in our direction, in our direction,» Putin said. 
Putin: if Ukraine is accepted into NATO, threats to Russia will increase many timesPosted: Olga Fomchenkova
