{"id":71051,"date":"2021-12-02T12:39:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T12:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/02\/us-warns-russia-as-kremlin-talks-about-war-threat-in-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:56:56","slug":"us-warns-russia-as-kremlin-talks-about-war-threat-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/02\/us-warns-russia-as-kremlin-talks-about-war-threat-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US warns Russia as Kremlin talks about war threat in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MOSCOW (AP) \u2014 The Kremlin voiced concern Thursday about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/24\/will-russia-invade-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">possible escalation of fighting in a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine <\/a>as the U.S. issued a strong warning to Russia to stay away from Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian and Western officials have worried about a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine, fearing it could herald an invasion. But Moscow has insisted it has no such intention and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/23\/russia-rejects-western-concerns-about-ukraine-as-smokescreen\/\" target=\"_blank\">accused Ukraine and its Western backers of making up the claims to cover up their own allegedly aggressive designs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at their meeting in Stockholm on Thursday that \u201cif Russia decides to pursue confrontation, there will be serious consequences,\u201d adding that \u201cthe best way to avert a crisis is through diplomacy.\u201d<\/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\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in Moscow that \u201cthe Ukrainian authorities\u2019 aggressive and increasingly intensive provocative action on the line of contact\u201d gives grounds for concerns about a possible flare-up of hostilities. He said that recent statements from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials indicate that \u201cthe Ukrainian leadership doesn\u2019t exclude a forceful scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe probability of hostilities in Ukraine still remains high,\u201d Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed separatist republic in Donetsk, said on Russian state television that he could turn to Moscow for military assistance if the region faces a Ukrainian attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian officials have denied an intention to reclaim the rebel regions by force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two ex-Soviet neighbors have remained locked in a tense tug-of-war after Russia annexed Ukraine\u2019s Crimean Peninsula in 2014 following the ouster of the country\u2019s Kremlin-friendly president and threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency in Ukraine\u2019s eastern industrial heartland, known as the Donbas. More than 14,000 people have died in the fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Vladimir Putin has warned NATO against deploying its troops and weapons to Ukraine, saying it represented a red line for Russia and would trigger a strong response. He said Wednesday that Moscow would seek Western guarantees precluding any further NATO expansion and deployment of its weapons near Russia\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken said \u201cwe have deep concerns about Russia\u2019s plans for renewed aggression against Ukraine,\u201d adding that \u201cit\u2019s a concern that is shared by many in Europe.\u201d He was speaking during a meeting with Lavrov on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Stockholm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"570\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UkraineMap.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-68639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UkraineMap.jpg.jpg 884w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UkraineMap.jpg.jpg?resize=300,193 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/UkraineMap.jpg.jpg?resize=768,495 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Ukraine military&#8217;s assessment of a how a potential attack by Russia would play out. (Courtesy of Ukraine military).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken reaffirmed that the U.S. has \u201ca strong, ironclad commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to a 2015 peace agreement for eastern Ukraine brokered by France and Germany and signed in Minsk, Belarus, Blinken called for a \u201cfull implementation of the Minsk agreements with Russia pulling back its forces.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moscow says it\u2019s not a party to the deal between Ukraine and self-proclaimed separatist regions, and denies Ukrainian and Western assertions of sending its troops and weapons into eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his speech at the OSCE meeting, Lavrov urged Ukraine to abide by its obligation with the Minsk agreement that envisages a broad autonomy for the rebel regions, warning that Kyiv\u2019s refusal to honor it is a \u201cway toward a catastrophe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also warned Biden at their meeting that \u201cany further NATO expansion eastward undoubtedly compromises our core security interests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The top Russian diplomat charged that the West is \u201cplaying with fire\u201d when it argues that Russia doesn\u2019t have a say in NATO\u2019s expansion plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want to make it crystal clear: turning our neighbors into a bridgehead for confrontation with Russia, the deployment of NATO forces in the regions strategically important for our security is categorically unacceptable,\u201d he told the OSCE meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lavrov followed up on Putin\u2019s call for a new security arrangement, stating that reaching an agreement on a set of \u201clong-term and legally binding security guarantees is imperative to prevent sliding into a confrontational scenario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Jan M. 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