This statement was made by the US Deputy Secretary of State.
According to US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, new Western anti-Russian sanctions will be lifted if Russia’s special operation in Ukraine stops.
TASS writes about this.
Nuland said that Russia will also need help in rebuilding Ukraine and restoring peace. In addition, Moscow needs to recognize the sovereignty of this country and its right to exist.
She noted that the Russian authorities are now denying the very right of Ukraine to exist.
Nuland did not directly answer the question whether Washington is going to recognize Russia’s red lines, including the security requirement expressed in Ukraine’s refusal to participate in NATO and further expansion of the bloc to the east.
According to her, the United States was ready to discuss most of Russia’s issues, including reducing the number and scale of military exercises.
She stressed that the North Atlantic Alliance had no intention of deploying offensive weapons in Ukraine.
“We were not going to let Russia make decisions for NATO”, – she said.
Victoria Nuland called NATO a defensive alliance and stressed that the bloc, like Ukraine, poses a zero threat to Russia.
Earlier, topNews wrote that Zelensky offered talks to Putin.
According to him, Ukraine does not pose any threat.