Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the US had “ignored” Moscow’s concerns about the West’s stance toward Ukraine, shortly after Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that the Kremlin must withdraw its troops from its western border and reiterated the threat of “swift and severe consequences” if Russia invades.
In his first public comments about the crisis since the end of last year, Putin claimed the Ukraine standoff was an “instrument” for the US to achieve its goal to “contain Russia’s development.”
“It can be done in different ways, such as pulling us into some armed conflict and then forcing their allies in Europe to enact those harsh sanctions against us that are being discussed today in the United States,” the Russian leader said at a news conference alongside Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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