Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of escalating tensions in Europe, calling it a "misjudgment" of the outcome of the Cold War, and vowed that Moscow would provide a "military and technical response" if its Western opponents did not end to their policy of threatening Russia.
"If the clear offensive line of our Western friends is maintained, we will take appropriate military and technical retaliatory measures, we will react strongly to unfriendly actions. We have the absolute right," Putin told Russian military officials. forces and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
"Increasing the concentration of US and NATO military forces, as well as the organization of large-scale military exercises on the Russian border, are a source of serious concern," said Vladimir Putin, who blamed the Kremlin for on the border with Ukraine, in preparation for a military invasion.
Putin reiterated, in the context of recent demands, the need for the United States and NATO to provide security guarantees to Russia by signing agreements that would prohibit any future enlargement of the Atlantic Alliance.
Putin made the request to US President Joe Biden during a video conference in early December and last week released two draft treaties in that direction.
But, even if Moscow secured satisfaction, the Russian president does not consider this enough. Thus, he accused the United States of violating the agreements it signs when it suits them or violating international law, while asking others to respect it.
"It arrives with the tricks," he said today.
Source: RES-EAP