The US warns Russia that it will not let the crisis in Ukraine take to Latin America

The United States warned that it will work to “to prevent” any action by Russia of “destabilize” or “bring the conflict” from Ukraine to Latin America, remarking that it will not accept “provocations”, following hints from a senior Russian official of a possible military deployment in the region.

In an appearance before the Foreign Affairs committee of the House of Representatives, Brian Nichols, the head of the State Department for Latin America, indicated that he will not respond to each “bluff” From Russia.

“Let me make it clear that efforts to destabilize our hemisphere or bring the Ukraine conflict to the Western Hemisphere are unacceptable. And we will work with our partners in the hemisphere to prevent that.”, he remarked.

Nichols was asked about the January statements by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov, who pointed out that among Moscow’s possible responses to the United States’ warnings about the crisis in Ukraine, he did not rule out the deployment of military infrastructure in Cuba and Venezuela. .

The US official remarked that Russia already “had positioned military elements in the past” in those countries. “I will only underline that, as a hemisphere, we do not accept provocationsNichols stated.

Tension between Russia and the West has spiked in the last month over the concentration of more than 100,000 Russian soldiers on the border with Ukraine.

Moscow has repeated on several occasions that it does not want a war with Kiev and that it does not threaten Ukraine, while the United States and NATO have responded by strengthening their positions in Eastern Europe.