{"id":54014,"date":"2022-01-25T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T11:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/01\/25\/ukraine-urges-calm-saying-russian-invasion-not-imminent\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:24:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:24:27","slug":"ukraine-urges-calm-saying-russian-invasion-not-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2022\/01\/25\/ukraine-urges-calm-saying-russian-invasion-not-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine urges calm, saying Russian invasion not imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukraine\u2019s leaders sought to reassure the nation that a feared invasion from neighboring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged the threat is real and prepared to accept a shipment of American military equipment Tuesday to shore up their defenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia has <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-europe-britain-intelligence-claims-8342b5b5aafd6a095d2e427d3e4201c5\">denied it is planning an assault<\/a>, but it has massed an estimated 100,000 troops near Ukraine in recent weeks, leading the United States and its NATO allies to rush to prepare for a possible war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several rounds of high stakes diplomacy have <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-sergey-lavrov-moscow-russia-europe-f7a3da26cb574ce4beaf5616573f16c0\">failed to yield any breakthroughs<\/a>, and this week tensions escalated further. NATO said it was bolstering its deterrence in the Baltic Sea region, and the U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-tensions-live-updates-1c3eee4895926233aa85ad52ef09d102\">ordered 8,500 troops on higher alert<\/a> to potentially deploy to Europe as part of an alliance \u201cresponse force\u201d if necessary.<\/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\/2022\/01\/24\/up-to-8500-us-troops-on-heightened-alert-in-case-of-russian-move-on-ukraine\/\" 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=\"193\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21341671897496.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\">Up to 8,500 U.S. troops on heightened alert in case of Russian move on Ukraine<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Thousands of U.S. troops could be called on to deploy in support of NATO&#039;s Response Force.<\/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 State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-business-antony-blinken-europe-evacuations-45d1a477929caefe1f0626a5ca42afd0\">has ordered the families of all American personnel<\/a> at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to leave the country, and it said that nonessential embassy staff could leave. Britain said it, too, was withdrawing some diplomats and dependents from its embassy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Ukraine, however, authorities have sought to project calm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said late Monday that the situation was \u201cunder control\u201d and that there is \u201cno reason to panic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that, as of Monday, that Russia\u2019s armed forces had not formed what he called battle groups, \u201cwhich would have indicated that tomorrow they would launch an offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are risky scenarios. They\u2019re possible and probable in the future,\u201d Reznikov told Ukraine\u2019s ICTV channel on Monday. \u201cBut as of today &#8230; such a threat doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine\u2019s National Security and Defense Council, echoed that sentiment, saying that the movement of Russian troops near Ukraine\u2019s border \u201cis not news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs of today, we don\u2019t see any grounds for statements about a full-scale offensive on our country,\u201d Danilov said Monday.<\/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\/11\/20\/russia-preparing-to-attack-ukraine-by-late-january-ukraine-defense-intelligence-agency-chief\/\" 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=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21113343743431.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\">Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late January: Ukraine defense intelligence agency chief<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia is building toward the ability to carry out an attack on Ukraine, the head of it&#039;s defense intelligence agency told Military Times.<\/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\">Russia has said Western accusations that it is planning an invasion are merely a cover for NATO\u2019s own planned provocations. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday once again accused the U.S. of \u201cfomenting tensions\u201d around the Ukraine, a former Soviet state that Russia has been locked in a bitter tug-of-war with for almost eight years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2014, following the ouster of a Kremlin-friendly president in Ukraine, Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula and threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency in the country\u2019s industrial heartland in the east. The fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has since killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a peaceful settlement of the conflict have stalled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the latest standoff, Russia has demanded guarantees from the West that NATO would never allow Ukraine to join and that the alliance would curtail other actions, such as stationing troops in former Soviet bloc countries. Some of these, like any pledge to permanently bar Ukraine, are non-starters for NATO \u2014 creating a seemingly intractable stalemate that many fear can only end in war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putting the U.S.-based troops on heightened alert for Europe on Monday suggested diminishing hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin will back away from what U.S. President Joe Biden himself has said looks like a threat to invade neighboring Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of a new $200 million in security assistance directed to Ukraine from the United States, a shipment including equipment and munitions is also expected to arrive Tuesday in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. moves are being done in tandem with actions by other NATO member governments to bolster a defensive presence in Eastern Europe. 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