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Moscow, which requires from NATO's immediate response to its own strategic security proposals, it got Western countries in trouble. This opinion was expressed in an article published in the British daily The Guardian.
The authors of the publication reminded that about 100 thousand soldiers are concentrated near the Ukrainian border, as well as heavy weapons and equipment. Western news agencies report that the Kremlin has not yet decided to invade Ukraine, but Russia clearly supports the self-proclaimed DLR and LPR.
At the same time, last week Moscow sent requests to Washington, which, according to the authors, contradict the rules and security standards created in the territory of the former Soviet Union as early as the 1990s. In particular, the Russian side wants guarantees that Ukraine will not be accepted into NATO, and also demands that the Alliance's troops and contingent not be deployed in Eastern Europe.
The combination of such requirements, which can hardly be met, and the concentration of troops on the border with Ukraine looks very threatening, according to the publication.
“Faced with such a balance on the brink of war, when the situation worsens from day to day, the West finds itself in an almost hopeless situation,” the article reads. It turns out that Western countries will now have to show both their readiness for dialogue with Russia and their determination to impose severe sanctions in the event of its invasion of Ukraine.
The publication states that Ukraine and its Western allies find themselves in a difficult situation also because they have to wait until Moscow's real intentions are clarified.