We will retaliate if UK imposes new sanctions: Russia

 

Russia said on Tuesday that it has asked some of its troops to return to bases after exercises near Ukraine. However, NATO and the United States said they had yet to see any evidence of a de-escalation that could avert war. The news agency Reuters has given this information. Russian President Vladimir Putin has also said he is open to talks with the US and NATO on missile deployment and military transparency. Putin said this after talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

We will retaliate if UK imposes new sanctions: Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russia would retaliate if Britain imposed new sanctions on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Britain has threatened to block Russian companies from raising capital in London and expose assets and company ownership if Russia invades Ukraine.

Things will be normal in Ukraine in three to four weeks: Russia

Russia says the armed forces in the west of the country will return to normalcy in 3-4 weeks. TASS news agency quoted Russia's ambassador to Ireland as saying on Wednesday that the withdrawal of Russia's armed forces in the west of Ukraine would take place in three to four weeks.

NATO chief claims - Russia is raising army again near Ukraine

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Russia was building its forces around Ukraine, while Russia announced the withdrawal of its military forces from the border. However, the Kremlin said on Wednesday that NATO was wrong in saying that there was no evidence of a retreat by Russian forces.

Putin's statement on Ukraine matter

Speaking to the media in Moscow, Putin declined to comment on how he plans to react. He said that the Russians are sympathetic to the residents of the Donbass region, but they want the region's problems to be resolved through the Minsk Agreement.

This move of Russia may provoke further controversy

The recognition of the self-declared Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics could kill the eastern Ukraine peace process, where more than 15,000 lives have been lost in clashes between government forces and Moscow-backed separatists in the region known as Donbass Is. Experts believe that if this step of Parliament is approved, then the dispute between Ukraine and Russia may flare up.