Russia has abided by opening the door on Monday to a diplomatic resolution amid rising tensions bestowed by the possible invasion that beset Ukraine, as the United States stated that it believed Vladimir Putin had yet to make a final decision on invading the ex-Soviet state.
While Russia said it was terminating some military drills, signalling a possible easing of the crisis, in Washington, the alert level stayed high with a top official anointing the menace of invasion “more real than ever before.” The Russian military gave no attributes on where the troops were pulling back from or how many. Russia has disavowed any plans to invade Ukraine.
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre alerted that, “We are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time” concerning the invasion.
Putin conveyed that the US and NATO forsook Moscow’s demand to uphold Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations out of NATO, cease weapons deployments near Russian borders and roll back alliance forces from Eastern Europe after discussions with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Putin said that Russia is willing to engage in dialogues on limitations on the deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Europe, transparency of drills and other confidence-building measures but accentuated the need for the West to heed Russia’s main demands.
Scholz stated that he agrees that diplomatic opportunities are “far from exhausted.” The announcement of troops being pulled back is a “good signal,” he said, counting on that he hopes that “more will follow.”
