The Kremlin has stated that expects “prolonged” talks between German Chancellor Olaf Soltz and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as they have “many issues to discuss,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov said on Tuesday. The crucial meeting of the two leaders is underway.
Kremlin spokesman warns Russia will launch new offensive in Ukraine on Wednesday as “baseless hysteria” to increase tensions “.
Asked about the Russian president’s reaction to Western reports of a planned invasion, Dmitry Peshkov confirmed that Putin was joking about wartime.
“The Kremlin would rather discuss concerns on both sides with Western countries than see ‘information campaigns,'” Peshkov said.
“Russia and Western countries should seriously discuss their security concerns,” he said. “This is what President Putin is proposing. That’s what President Putin wants. “ underlined the Russian official.
Regarding the announcement of the Russian Ministry of Defense about the withdrawal of troops around Ukraine, Peshkov noted that Russia has always said that the troops would return to their bases. “We always said that after the end of the exercises … the troops would return to their permanent bases. There is nothing new here. “This is a normal process,” he said.
As for the possible recognition of Russian minority areas in eastern Ukraine, Russia claims to be committed to the Minsk peace process.
However, the Secretary of State of the United Kingdom Liz Tras was cautious in the first reaction of the British government to the Russian announcement about the process of withdrawal of troops from the border with Ukraine.
Asked about this during an interview on the local London radio station LBC, she initially said that she should see more details to assess whether the Russian announcement has a significant impact on the situation that has developed.
“I am afraid that Russia will not stop in Ukraine” The British Foreign Secretary said earlier in an interview with Sky News that “we may be on the brink of war”.
The British Foreign Secretary warned that a Russian invasion could includes other Eastern European countries. “President Putin has directly challenged why other countries in Eastern Europe are also members of NATO,” Tras told Sky News.
“February 15 will go down in history as the day that Western war propaganda failed,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.
“They were ashamed “They were destroyed without a single shot being fired,” the Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said in a statement.
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