Russia Responds After US State Department Sends Letter Amid Ukraine Crisis

Russian officials on Jan. 27 said Moscow doesn’t see many reasons for the United States and NATO to accept its demands amid heightened tensions near the Ukrainian border, coming after the Department of State provided a series of proposals to the Kremlin. Both the United States and NATO sent written responses to Russia over its security demands that would bar Ukraine from joining NATO or hosting U.S. military bases. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula and began supporting separatist rebel groups in the Donbas. “There is not much reason for optimism,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to the State Department and NATO responses. “It cannot be said that our considerations were taken into account or that any willingness to take into account our concerns was demonstrated.” Russian President Vladimir Putin, he said, would spend time analyzing the State Department’s responses. “No matter how diametrically opposed our …

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