NBC: Biden admin weighs offering Russia cuts to U.S. troops in Eastern Europe
U.S. troop cuts in Poland and the Baltic would have to be matched by Russian moves in the area. The U.S. is also working to get Stingers for Ukraine.
The Biden administration is heading into next week’s talks with Russia still unsure whether Moscow is serious about negotiations, but if so U.S. officials are ready to propose discussions on scaling back U.S. and Russian troop deployments and military exercises in Eastern Europe, a current administration official and two former U.S. national security officials familiar with the planning told NBC News.
The discussions could potentially address the scope of military drills held by both powers, the number of U.S. troops stationed in the Baltic states and Poland, advance notice about the movement of forces, and Russia’s nuclear-capable Iskander missiles in the Russian territory of Kaliningrad between Poland and Lithuania, the sources said.
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Update: Biden Mulls Offering Russia Reduction Of US Troops In Eastern Europe (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: If this NBC story is true this U.S. offer is a non-starter. The Kremlin will never accept an offer that will limit how it deploys its troops on its own territory.
Update #2: Europe wants to now be included in these talks .... As the U.S. seeks to calm Russia tensions, Europe pushes to be included (CNBC).
3 comments:
The US and EU have a lot less leverage in these talks than they used to. With Europe beholden to Russia for their energy supply, there's little chance of the EU joining the US in any meaningful pushback against Russia. EG: hard sanctions.
Russia would simply shut down oil and gas deliveries.
/comforting to know we have such geniuses running Western foreign policy.
Uncle Vlad is da boss an' he know it! Da Da!
Non starter on both side.
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