In his first comments on the standoff with the West over Ukraine in more than a month, Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin is still studying the U.S. and NATO’s response to the Russian security demands they received last week.
“I hope that we will eventually find a solution, although we realize that it’s not going to be easy,” Putin said.
The Russian leader charged that the Western allies’ refusal to heed Russia’s demands violates their obligations on integrity of security for all nations and insisted that a solution could be found through more talks. Speaking after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban in the Kremlin, Putin emphasized that it’s still possible to find a settlement that would take every party’s concerns into account.
Russia has argued that NATO’s expansion eastward has hurt Russia’s security, violating the principle of “indivisibility of security” endorsed by the OSCE in 1999 and 2010. Blinken also “urged immediate Russian de-escalation and the withdrawal of troops and equipment from Ukraine’s borders,” Price said. He reaffirmed that “further invasion of Ukraine would be met with swift and severe consequences and urged Russia to pursue a diplomatic path.”
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