German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock called for talks with Moscow.
Germany wants negotiations / photo from UNIAN
Germany is ready for any format of negotiations with Russia on the situation around Ukraine.
According to German wave, said the official representative of the German government Steffen Gebeshtreit.
“In principle, we want to contribute to the de-escalation and are ready for any negotiations,” Gebeshtreit said. According to him, none of the possible paths for dialogue should be closed.
At the same time, the representative of the FRG government added that Berlin itself prefers the “Normandy format” with the participation of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia.
At the same time, German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock also called for talks with Moscow.
“My concern is great,” she said, adding that Berlin must make efforts “to the last millimeter” to achieve dialogue. It is necessary to talk, even if there are proposals that, from the FRG’s position, cannot be the basis of negotiations, the German Foreign Minister believes.
Possible RF offensive
The Washington Post, citing the statements of its anonymous sources, wrote that Russia has resumed its military build-up on the border with Ukraine. In addition, videos with echelons of military equipment, in particular tanks and missiles, which are being transported to the southern and western regions of Russia, began to appear on social networks. According to the newspaper, the US and Europe drew attention to this after the completion of the Russian-Belarusian military exercises “West-2021”.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine then denied the information spread by The Washington Post that Russia was building up military forces near the Ukrainian border. The data on the movement of Russian troops published in the media were called by the Ministry of Defense “an element of special information and psychological actions, which are, in fact, planned measures within the framework of the movement of troops after the completion of the exercises.”
Later, Politico released fresh satellite photographs, which confirm reports that Russia is again concentrating troops and military equipment on the border with Ukraine.
Subsequently, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, in an interview with the Military Times, said that Russia had concentrated 92 thousand troops near the border with Ukraine and was preparing for an invasion in late January – early February 2022.
Recently, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced that Russia has deployed 115,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders.
According to the Financial Times, Western intelligence assumes a “high likelihood of destabilization” of Ukraine by Russia this winter.
Moscow denies accusations of preparing an attack on Ukraine and, conversely, points to the intensification of NATO forces near the Russian borders.
At a press conference on November 26, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed the opinion that an escalation on the part of Russia on the border by the militants it supports in Donbas could happen any day.
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