The US Secretary of State Antony Blink reiterated on Saturday that USA is “very concerned” by the actions and statements of Russia on Ukraine Where tensions grow
“We are very concerned about the unusual military activities of Russia on the border with Ukraine. We are truly concerned about some expressions that we have seen and heard from Russia and on social media, “he stated flash to the press in Dakar, where he made the last stage of his African tour.
flash said his concern is “widely shared” by allies of USA, but did not address whether US intelligence believes that the Russian president Vladimir Putin wants to seize Ukrainian territories.
“We don’t know what the president’s intentions are Putin. But we know what happened in the past. We know the strategy of citing illusory provocations from Ukraine or from another country and use them as an excuse for Russia“Blinken said.
He was referring to the crisis that occurred in 2014 when Russia, after the overthrow of the pro-Western Ukrainian government, seized the peninsula of Crimea.
The region of Donbass (is from Ukraine) is the scene since 2014 of a war that caused more than 13,000 deaths among the forces of Kiev and separatists prorusos, who are considered to be militarily sponsored by the Kremlin, despite denying it.
Putin on Wednesday accused Western nations of increasing the intensity of the conflict in Ukraine supporting maneuvers in the Black Sea and dropping bombs near its borders.
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