'Armed conflicts not our choice' says Putin as he blames West for tensions in Europe
reiterated his demand for guarantees from the US and its allies that NATO will not expand eastwards, blaming the West for “tensions that are building up in Europe.”
Satellite images from November 9 show a buildup of troops and tents in the Russian town of Yelnya, 260km north of the Ukrainian border.Mr Putin claimed on Tuesday that if US and NATO missile systems appear in Ukraine, it will take those missiles only minutes to reach Moscow. “The president has been extremely clear for many, many years about some basic principles that no one is moving back on: the principle that one country does not have the right to change by force the borders of another, that one country does not have the right to dictate the policies of another or to tell that that country with whom they may associate,” Mr Blinken told reporters in Washington.
“Russia has been forced to respond at every step. The situation kept worsening and worsening, deteriorating and deteriorating. And here we are today, in a situation when we're forced to resolve it somehow." Mr Putin has pressed the West for guarantees that NATO will not expand to Ukraine or deploy its forces there and raised the issue during a video call with President Biden two weeks ago.
On Tuesday evening, Mr Putin talked about Russia's proposals in phone calls with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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