{"id":82976,"date":"2021-12-16T20:15:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/16\/russia-hands-draft-security-pacts-to-us-expects-quick-talks\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:59:57","slug":"russia-hands-draft-security-pacts-to-us-expects-quick-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/16\/russia-hands-draft-security-pacts-to-us-expects-quick-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia hands draft security pacts to US, expects quick talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW \u2014 The Kremlin said Thursday that Russia submitted draft documents outlining security arrangements it wants to negotiate with the United States and its NATO allies amid <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-russia-france-ukraine-germany-56b82497fc5c992df96a92851536f603\">spiraling tensions over Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a senior Russian envoy stood ready to immediately depart for talks in a neutral country on the proposal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peskov told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin may have another call with U.S. President Joe Biden before the year\u2019s end to discuss the security issue, but he said it hasn\u2019t been agreed to yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4744\" height=\"3163\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg 4744w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21349475097887.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4744px) 100vw, 4744px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with members of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects via teleconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/06\/white-house-downplays-chance-of-military-conflict-with-russia-ahead-of-biden-meeting-with-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\">video call with Putin last week<\/a>, Biden voiced concern about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/08\/russians-have-120000-troops-on-its-border-increased-intel-gathering-ukraine-ministry-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine<\/a> and warned him that Russia would face \u201csevere consequences\u201d if Moscow attacked its neighbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/23\/russia-rejects-western-concerns-about-ukraine-as-smokescreen\/\">Putin has denied plans&nbsp;<\/a>of launching an invasion and reversed the conversation by prodding Western leaders to provide legally binding guarantees precluding NATO\u2019s expansion to Ukraine and the deployment of the alliance\u2019s weapons there, calling such actions a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/30\/putin-warns-west-moscow-has-red-line-about-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\">red line<\/a>\u201d for Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/12\/13\/full-on-russian-invasion-and-threat-to-us-troops-in-ukraine-unlikely-right-now-experts-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Russia8.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Full-on Russian invasion, threat to US troops in Ukraine unlikely right now<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Experts told Military Times to expect a &quot;permanently&quot; militarized border between Russia and Ukraine, and an invasion could be triggered if Ukraine attains advanced weapons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and its allies have refused to provide such pledges, but Biden and Putin agreed last week on further talks to discuss Russia\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peskov said Thursday that Russia has submitted drafts of a treaty and an agreement to the United States, but he refused to specify what specific arrangements they contained and who could be the signatories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Putin\u2019s foreign affairs adviser, Yuri Ushakov,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-russia-china-ukraine-xi-jinping-63dc1765177fd2fb2a94ade690d32c27\">discussed the Russian drafts<\/a>&nbsp;with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan during a call Wednesday, and that Moscow was ready to start negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow\u2019s proposals were passed on to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried, who visited Moscow on Wednesday and met with Russia\u2019s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ryabkov would be ready to depart for talks on prospective agreements in a neutral country, Peskov said without giving details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking last week, Ryabkov warned that the failure to stem mounting Russia-West tensions could push them to a showdown similar to the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis that put the world on the verge of a nuclear war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A European Union summit on Thursday was set to focus on avoiding a Russian military invasion in Ukraine with threats of unprecedented sanctions for Moscow and the promise of diplomatic talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. intelligence officials say Russia has moved 70,000 troops to its border with Ukraine and is preparing for a possible invasion early next year. Moscow has denied an intention to attack and accused Ukrainian authorities of planning an offensive to reclaim control of rebel-held eastern Ukraine \u2014 an allegation Ukraine has rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/13\/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-could-be-costly-even-without-us-troops-involved-experts-say\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21347404171606.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russian invasion of Ukraine could be costly even without US troops involved, experts say<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Outside observers say Ukrainian troops are better prepared for a fight now than they were in 2014.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine began after Russia\u2019s 2014 annexation of UKraine\u2019s Crimean Peninsula. It has killed over 14,000 people and devastated Ukraine\u2019s industrial heartland called Donbas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of sending troops and weapons into eastern Ukraine to back up separatists, but Moscow denied the accusations, charging that Russians who fought in the east were there on their own as volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent ruling by a district court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, located near the border with Ukraine, challenged Moscow\u2019s denials. The city\u2019s Kirov District Court last week found a local businessman guilty of offering a military officer bribes to procure contracts to supply food to Russian troops deployed to eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The verdict, posted on the court\u2019s website, said a convoy of 70 trucks delivered 1,300 metric tons (1,433 tons) of food supplies once every two weeks in 2018-2019 to the separatist-controlled areas of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The supplies, which were worth an equivalent of about $1.8 million, included canned food, flour and fresh vegetables and were intended \u201cfor units of the Russian armed forces\u201d deployed \u201con combat duty\u201d to the rebel-held territory, according to the verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked to comment on the court\u2019s findings, Kremlin spokesman Peskov reaffirmed a strong denial of any Russian troops presence in the rebel-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine, saying the judge who wrote the ruling must have made an error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s probably a mistake by those who wrote it,\u201d Peskov said. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible &#8211; there are no Russian troops on the territory of self-proclaimed republics, and there haven\u2019t been any. 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