WASHINGTON, DC — The West and Russia are on “totally different
tracks” despite a week of intense diplomacy targeting tensions over
Ukraine and
Eastern European security, Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov said in an interview
broadcast Sunday by CNN.
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“There are some
understandings between us. But in general, in principle, we can now say that we
are staying on different tracks, on totally different tracks. And this is not
good. This is disturbing,” Peskov told the US channel.
Russia stands
accused of having massed some 100,000 troops close to the Ukrainian border, as
it seeks a commitment from the West that the pro-EU former Soviet state will
never join
NATO.
Senior Russian
and US officials this week held talks in Geneva but there was no hint of any
breakthrough, with Washington warning by the end of the week Moscow could stage
a false flag operation within weeks to precipitate an invasion.
Russia has
repeatedly been warned by Western powers of “massive” consequences were it to
attack Ukraine again, although these would likely take the form of sanctions
rather than any military riposte.
Asked about the
possibility of Russia invading Ukraine, Peskov said any military action would
be “madness”.
“No one is
threatening anyone with a military action. This will be just a madness to do
that. But we’ll be ready to take counter actions,” he said.
He said Russia
does not want “process for the sake of the process.”
“We want to feel
for the beginning the readiness to take into account our concerns. Right now,
unfortunately, we fail to do that.”
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