In his first public comments since December on the standoff with the West over Ukraine, Russian President Putin said the US and its allies have ignored Russia’s key security demands.
The U.S. and Western allies have said Russia has amassed more than 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders, prompting fears of an invasion. Moscow has repeatedly denied planning an attack, and Washington and its allies have threatened swift and punishing financial penalties if it does invade.
The secretary of state also re-emphasized the U.S. “commitment to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity” and again urged Russia to withdraw its forces from Ukraine’s borders, Price said. The U.K., Poland and Ukraine are preparing a trilateral pact to strengthen regional security, Kyiv said on Tuesday.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield countered, accusing Russia of “attempting, without any factual basis, to paint Ukraine and Western countries as the aggressors to fabricate a pretext for attack.”, when Russia also started supporting separatists in Ukraine’s east. That triggered a war that has simmered ever since and claimed some 14,000 lives.
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