Washington admits the possibility of sending soldiers to Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries and NATO will reinforce its eastern flank, something that Russia denounces as “information hysteria” from the West.
Tensions around Ukraine have increased to several degrees today after Washington admitted, according to some media, the possibility of sending troops to Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries and NATO would reinforce its eastern flank, something that Russia denounces as a ” hysteria” of the West.
For the Kremlin, all responsibility for the tension in Eastern Europe falls on the US and its allies in the Atlantic Alliance, which, in the words of the spokesman for the Russian Presidency on Monday, Dmitri Peskov, have unleashed “information hysteria” in the West.
Peskov has denounced an information campaign against Russia plagued by “falsehoods and lies”, which is accompanied by “concrete actions”.
“We see the declarations published by NATO about the increase in its contingent and the sending of forces and weapons to the eastern flank. This is what increases the tension,” he stressed.
The OTAN has announced today that it is putting “on standby” and sending “additional warships and warplanes to NATO deployments in Eastern Europe, bolstering allied deterrence and defense as Russia continues its military buildup in and around Ukraine.
“Someone said very well about NATO: if you have a hammer in your hand, this does not mean that every problem is a nail. The language of NATO is that of threats and military pressure. There is nothing new”, commented the decision of the Alliance the Russian deputy foreign minister, Alexandr Grushkó.
In turn, the US president, Joe Biden, as published today The New York Times, is considering deploying several thousand troops, warships and aircraft to allied Eastern European and Baltic nations, with greater military involvement in the Ukraine crisis.
Reduction of diplomatic staff
In addition, to this is added the decision of Washington and London to reduce their diplomatic personnel in Ukraine, a clear sign that the situation is not improving.
Ukraine has described the US measure as “premature” and “excessively cautious”, because “there have been no radical changes in the security situation recently” and because “the threat of new waves of Russian aggression has remained constant since 2014 “.
Russia, in turn, has described this attitude of the US as “rare and unintelligent”. Australia has also today ordered the evacuation of the relatives of the staff of its embassy in Kiev. While the European Union has announced that it has no plans to withdraw diplomatic personnel.
The spokesman for the Russian Presidency has denounced that the Ukrainian authorities are accumulating forces in the line of contact of the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, the entities created by the pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine with the help of Moscow.
Peskov has made no allusion to the more than 100,000 soldiers that Russia has stationed along Ukraine’s borders.
Minsk agreements
Russia insists that Ukraine must comply with the Minsk agreements for the settlement of the conflict in Donbass, which include granting special status to entities created by pro-Russian separatists.
The Kiev government is opposed to fulfilling this commitment if the Russian military is not withdrawn from that territory first and Ukraine does not regain control of the border with Russia.
The fulfillment of these agreements will be addressed in the meeting that the political advisers of the leaders of the Normandy Format –Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine– will celebrate next wednesday in paris.
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