Putin Says The West Has Ignored Russia’s Key Demands In Responses To Security Guarantee Proposals

 

Daily Mail: Putin says US and West have IGNORED his demands to keep NATO out of Ukraine and ex-Soviet Unions and stop deploying weapons to the border after America delivered 500 tons of weapons to Kiev 

* Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first direct comments on the Ukraine crisis since December 

* Said the U.S. and NATO have 'ignored' the Kremlin's top concerns in recent correspondence 

* 'It was the United States that came with its missiles to our home, to the doorstep of our home,' Putin said Tuesday during a press conference with Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban

* 'And you demand from me some guarantees. You should give us guarantees. You! And right away, right now,' 

* A sixth U.S. military aid shipment arrived in Kiev on Tuesday including 500 tons of defense equipment 

* An image of the cargo plane shows creates of aid, including 84 tons of ammunition, as the U.S. tries to bolster Ukraine's position amid fears of an invasion from Russia 

* Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov tweeted there's more aid to come from the U.S. 

* Comes as Moscow's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told a state news agency on Tuesday that reports Moscow provided a written response to U.S. proposals for deescalation with Ukraine are 'not true' 

* A Monday Washington Post report claimed that the Kremlin provided a written response to proposals provided by the Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week to deescalate tensions with Ukraine 

* U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield also said Russia is prepared to move 30,000 more troops to the Belarus-Ukraine border 

* Russia deployed troops into Belarus on Tuesday to stage large-scale war games close to the Ukrainian border 

Vladimir Putin said the U.S. and NATO have 'ignored' the Kremlin's concerns in recent correspondence as the Russian president made his first direct comments on the Ukraine crisis since December. 

'We are carefully analyzing the written responses received from the United States and NATO,' Putin said Tuesday during a press conference with Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban. 

'But it is already clear that fundamental Russian concerns ended up being ignored,' he lamented. 

'We did not see adequate consideration of our three key demands regarding the prevention of NATO expansion, the refusal to deploy strike facilities near Russia's borders, and the return of the bloc's military infrastructure in Europe to the state in 1997.'  

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Putin Says The West Has Ignored Russia’s Key Demands In Responses To Security Guarantee Proposals  

West ignored Russia’s key demands in responses to security guarantee proposals — Putin -- TASS  

Putin comments on US response to Russian security proposals -- RT  

Putin: West Failed to Satisfy Russia's Three Key Demands on Security Guarantees -- Sputnik  

Putin offers more talks with West to defuse Ukraine tensions -- AP  

Ukraine tensions: US trying to draw Russia into war says Putin -- BBC  

Putin says West has 'ignored' Russia's security concerns -- DW  

Putin says US ‘ignored’ Russia’s Ukraine demands, but leaves room for more talks -- NYPost