Posted on 01/29/2022 8:45:10 AM PST by elpadre
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to hold talks with Germany, France and Ukraine as NATO fails to take action on the rising conflict in Easter Europe and President Joe Biden's announcement on Friday that he would deploy troops 'in the near term' without backing from NATO.
The blow to NATO and exclusion of America in negotiation talks on the Russian-Ukraine crisis came after Putin accused the U.S. and NATO of ignoring the Kremlin's 'fundamental concerns' over NATO's growth during a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
During the call, Putin argued that the West had refused Russians demands of 'preventing NATO expansion, refusing to deploy strike weapons systems near Russian borders' and withdrawing allied forces to positions they held in 1997, prior to NATO's expansion into Eastern Europe, Politico reported.
Rather than meet with NATO, Putin has agreed to discuss the issue with the European-led Normandy Format, a grouping that includes France, Germany, Ukraine and Russia. Their meetings center on the cease-fire agreement that the countries brokered in eastern Ukraine in 2015, and it also offers a path to a broader settlement.
Putin said he had 'no offensive plans' in eastern Ukraine, according to Macron, who said the nations' talks would focus on 'de-escalation' along the Ukraine-Russian border, the New York Times reported.
The Normandy Format will meet in Berlin in two weeks, after Russia has already amassed over 100,000 troops at the Ukraine border.
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“..NATO has failed to come up with a common position on deploying troops to the region with many of its 30-strong members against military action.
Member countries located closer to Russia fear antagonizing Putin while countries such as Germany rely on Russia for 50 per cent of their gas.
Just one country can veto any action by the entire alliance.
Earlier this week, the Pentagon told 8,500 troops in the U.S. to be on high alert for a potential deployment to Eastern Europe, as Russia has already amassed over 100,000 troops at the Ukraine border. ..”
Bidet has gone too far. His Market Garden plan is not a bridge too far, it is an ocean too far.
CommieJoe engaging in “Wag the Dog - the Sequel”...to get Americans to stop seeing the ongoing treason & destruction of our nation.
Dumbsh*t Joe is a master negotiator, isn’t he? Managed to bring peace between Russia, Germany, France and Ukraine. And the only cost was the loss of credibility of the United States around the world.
Wait’ll Putin [Corn Popov] gets a load of Joe’s latest diaper load...
An opportunity for Putin to get out of this situation without giving Brandon any credit?
there is a treaty that says Ukraine is not part of NATO.
deal with it jerks.
The DC neocons and CIA got the USA into this in 2014. Now, with their hand up Biden’s back-side, they are making him talk tough.
Trust Biden to screw everything up.
What treaty is that?
Corn Popov :)
Whether we agree with Putin’s intentions or not, we must recognize that he is the most capable head of government in the world today.
So we have the problem that the president of the United States is senile, totally incapable of fulfilling the duties of the presidency but he intends to manage Putin.
We have a problem and it is very likely to end badly.
“..Americans to stop seeing the ongoing treason & destruction of our nation...”
yes, for two reasons:
1. he desperately needs a war to save his presidency and satisfy the military industrial supporters.
2. Keeping all eyes on Europe and Russia we are not watching our real enemy - China. China, the Biden family buddies and secret bio-weapon invaders.
Brandon’s leadership shining through once again. If this farce wasn’t costing us so much it might be comical. But it ain’t. Thanks to the 180 million Brandon voters. You can all phu cough!
It’s OK, Biden’s just making sure Afghanistan won’t be remembered as his biggest foreign policy disaster.
This time the US troops will be in Arnhem with no support, those 8,500 troops Biden is sending will get overrun if the Russians with 125,000 troops decide to invade
Weren’t we told Trump was going to destroy NATO
the one where they opted out of NATO.
breaking treaties starts wars, there are other ways to influence than meddling with treaties.
What a worthless piece of sh@t.
Putin has managed to check mate dumb ass so easy it is beyond belief.
And Trump WARNED the Euro nations of this.
Very well could have been the plan all along.
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