“Raising rates.” NSDC secretary told why the Russian Federation is pulling troops to the border

According to Danilov, the Russian authorities have recently demonstrated that “there are no longer any rules for them.”

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At a meeting with a US Senate delegation, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Alexei Danilov said that Russia is trying to “raise the stakes” before negotiations on the war with Ukraine, so the aggressor state is concentrating troops on the border. About this on Sunday, November 21, reported press service of the National Security and Defense Council.

“By pulling troops to the Ukrainian border, Russia is trying to aggravate the security situation in the region as much as possible in order to raise the stakes at the table of upcoming negotiations,” the head of the department said.

According to him, the recent publication Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov correspondence with German and French Foreign Ministers Heiko Maas and Jean-Yves Le Drian on the Normandy format, and testing rockets on our own space satellites testify that “there are no rules for them anymore. At the same time, Danilov assured that Ukraine will give the Russian Federation an adequate response in the event of an escalation, adding that the aggressor state” understands only the language of force.

In addition, the NSDC secretary thanked the American partners for their assistance, including in the military sphere, and the senators assured the Ukrainian side of Ukraine’s support on the path to restoring territorial integrity and expressed their readiness to continue to support the country in countering aggression from the Russian Federation.

Recall, according to the Ministry of Defense, the next stage of the escalation of the war with Ukraine RF may start as early as December this year… Western intelligence has similar data. At this time, the US called on the EU as soon as possible develop a package of sanctions and other measures in relation to Russia to respond to the country’s possible invasion of Ukraine.

The Kremlin replied that statements about the threat emanating from the Russian Federation are a cover for “provocations” from Ukraine, and promised “the most serious consequences“if implemented.

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