Opportunity for de-escalation the Ukrainian in the coming hours. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will have a telephone conversation with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin on Friday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
“On February 18, 2022, there will be a telephone conversation between Soigo and Austin. The conversation will take place at the initiative of the American side “, the ministry pointed out in a statement.
The head of American diplomacy, Anthony Blinken will meet on neutral ground with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, at the end of next week, provided that Russia has not invaded Ukraine by then, as the State Department announced yesterday Thursday.
However, divisions between Kiev and Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are intensifying, and the West to consider “show” the Russian movements of forces around Ukraine, believing instead that Moscow would attack.
In fact, the The United States says it’s a matter of days before Russia and Moscow insist on withdrawing troops. from the Ukrainian border, despite the satellite images recording increased activity in the area.
At the same time they continue the mutual accusations about the bombings in Donbass. Pro-Russian separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have accused Ukrainian government forces of carrying out two more mortar attacks today, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported.
For its part, the EU, whose leaders met extraordinarily in Brussels yesterday, through the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, announced that it has already ready package of sanctions to the detriment of Russia in the event of an invasion.
Following his speech Tuesday night, the US President, Joe Biden, yesterday returned with new statements, emphasizing that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent. He noted that a “false flag” operation was under way, which Moscow would use as a pretext to attack the neighboring country.
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