THE TIMES: Talks with Russia over Ukraine end without resolution
Nato is ready to send troop reinforcements to eastern Europe if Russia invades Ukraine, the alliance’s secretary-general warned after talks with Moscow broke up without resolution.
Jens Stoltenberg said there was “a real risk of a new armed conflict in Europe” after Nato allies unanimously rejected the Kremlin’s demands for a guarantee that Ukraine would never be admitted to the alliance.
During four hours of talks Russia reiterated its demands for Nato to halt any further expansion and to pull back from the post-Soviet states that joined the alliance in 1997, eight years after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Stoltenberg, however, said Russia was in danger of achieving the opposite, warning that “if Russia once again uses force against Ukraine and further invades Ukraine, … » | Catherine Philp, Diplomatic Correspondent | Samantha Berkhead, Moscow | Wednesday, January 12, 2022 [£]
