Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at Downing Street, LondonMOSCOW, Feb 7British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to reassure Russia of NATO's defensive role and of the right of any European countries to join the alliance, his spokesman told Reuters. the fears are fundamentally unfounded, since NATO is inherently a defensive alliance,» Johnson's spokesman said. At the same time, the spokesman expressed his desire to work with Russia to give diplomatic assurances. At the same time, he stressed that this is not about concessions. In recent months, Washington and Brussels have accused Moscow of preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine and are strengthening their 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.
In Britain, they called the true goal of Biden's attack on RussiaThe document provides for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Now the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated more than half of the army’s personnel on the border with the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR and regularly fire on the militias, including using prohibited equipment. borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation is the actions of the United States and NATO, which are «pumping» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it towards military adventures. Against this background, at the end of last year, Moscow handed over draft documents on security guarantees to Brussels and Washington. Russia insists on ending the bloc's military cooperation with the post-Soviet countries, refusing to create bases on their territory, limiting the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian border, removing American nuclear weapons from Europe and not expanding NATO to the east. On January 26, Russia received a written response. The Foreign Ministry said that Western partners ignored the most important issue — the non-expansion of the alliance.
