So far, tensions between Washington and Moscow over Ukraine have been restricted to a war of words, but could it flare into something more dangerous? LauraKingLAT reports:
The biggest foreign policy challenge for President Biden is coming not from Asia, but from a more traditional nemesis, Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
As the two met on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting in Stockholm of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the secretary of State stressed the United States’ “strong, ironclad commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.”The U.S. is talking cybersecurity this week with 30 countries, but Russia — which some blame for encouraging ransomware attacks — isn’t one of them.
All in all, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said, “the probability of hostilities in Ukraine still remains high.”Moscow faced European sanctions after grabbing Crimea, but Ukraine is appealing for far harsher punishment if Russia tries to seize more territory.
The choice, Baunov said, is “whether to boost Russia’s status, thereby rewarding the dangerous exploitation of a simmering conflict, or refuse to give Moscow the promises it desires, thus conserving the conflict in its heated state.”
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