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In response to the largest nation in the world, the North American country says: US will act 'decisively' if Russia takes missiles to Venezuela and Cuba
Tensions between the US and Russia rose again last Thursday, the 13th, after Moscow said that security talks between the countries were a "failure". According to the Associated Press, the world's largest nation raised the stakes in its confrontation with the West over the Ukraine issue after the country's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov raised his tone and said that Russia does not rule out the possibility of sending troops to Cuba and Venezuela.
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Ryabkov said on television that "everything depends on the Americans", adding that President Vladimir Putin had warned that he could not confirm or rule out the possibility of Russia establishing military infrastructure in the two Latin American countries, should NATO's eastward expansion of Europe continue.
US will respond 'decisively' if Russia brings missiles or military infrastructure to Venezuela and Cuba
“The United States will respond “decisively” if Russia brings missiles or military infrastructure to Venezuela and Cuba,” said Jake Sullivan, national security adviser to President Joe Biden, on Thursday.
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"If Russia moves in that direction, we will deal with it decisively," Sullivan told a White House news conference, without elaborating on the response.
The focus of negotiations between Russians and members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) last Wednesday, 12th, in Vienna, was centered on Russian demands that Ukraine not join NATO, but the meeting failed to appease the impasse over the demands of the Kremlin, which keeps troops deployed on the border with Ukraine.
Among the demands made by the Kremlin are the promise that Ukrainians will never become NATO members and the withdrawal of troops from former socialist republics that joined the alliance after the Cold War.
In return, the US is asking Russia to end military deployments near the border with Ukraine.
The vice chancellor noted that Washington and NATO rejected Moscow's main demand: a guarantee that the alliance will not incorporate Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations. He added that the big differences in the strategies of the two sides put in doubt the continuity of the negotiations.
Tension between the United States and Russia has turned on the warning signal in the world
At a press conference, the Kremlin spokesman also said that there could be a complete rupture of relations between Washington and Moscow if the United States goes ahead with the application of sanctions against Putin and other Russian civilian and military leaders.
The talks come at a time when some 100 Russian troops, as well as tanks and heavy military equipment, are massed near Ukraine's eastern border. The buildup has caused deep concerns in Kiev and the West that Moscow is preparing for an invasion. Russia denies this and in turn accuses the West of threatening its security by stationing military personnel and equipment in Central and Eastern Europe.
The growing tension between the two world powers has turned on the warning signal in the world.
Poland's foreign minister, who took over as acting president of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), mediator of the negotiations, said that the risk of conflict is the highest in the last thirty years.
“For several weeks, we faced the possibility of a major military escalation in Eastern Europe,” he said.
“We must focus on a peaceful resolution of the conflict in and around Ukraine,” he added, calling for “full respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders.”
