WWIII Watch: Now Russia Wants NATO Out Of Baltic Nations To End Ukraine War

Things would have been so much simpler had Biden not been so weak that Russia invaded Ukraine, just like when Russia took Crimea with Biden as Obama’s VP

Russia Won’t End Ukraine War Until NATO ‘Pulls Out’ of Baltics: Moscow

The Ukraine war won’t end until NATO withdraws troops from the Baltics, a top Russian official has warned.

Sergei Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister responsible for U.S. relations, nonproliferation and arms control, made the remarks in an interview with state-run news agency Tass.

Newsweek has reached out to the Kremlin and NATO for comment by email.

Ryabkov’s comments mark a shift in the Kremlin’s position. He suggested that the conflict’s roots lie not only in Ukraine itself but in NATO’s eastward expansion. According to Ryabkov, the withdrawal of NATO forces from the Baltics would help bring an end to the war.

NATO maintains a strong military presence in the Baltic States, with multinational battle groups and brigades stationed in Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

So, that’s pretty much a “never going to happen.” Can you imagine giving back Poland and Romania, for starters? Will Putin take this position as negotiations are on and off? Slow walking?

Last month, three Russian sources with knowledge of Washington-led negotiations told Reuters that Putin’s conditions for ending the Ukraine war include a written pledge from Western leaders to halt NATO’s eastward expansion.

Complications.

Meanwhile

Zelenskyy demands ‘action from America’ after latest Russian drone, missile attack

At least two people were killed in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Tuesday morning amid another night of intense nationwide Russian drone and missile strikes. (snip)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post to social media that Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Chernihiv regions were targeted. Russia’s bombardment included at least two North Korean-made ballistic missiles, he added…..

“Action from America, which has the power to force Russia into peace,” he continued. “Action from Europe, which has no alternative but to be strong. Action from others around the world who called for diplomacy and an end to the war — and whom Russia has ignored. There must be strong pressure for the sake of peace.”

Russia attacks, Ukraine responds, and around it goes. Ukraine makes a deep strike against Russia bombers with drones, Russia responds. That’s war. Well, the slow war which is bleeding Ukraine, Russia, the EU, and the US. Here, it sure seems like Zelenskyy wants NATO members to commit direct military action against Russia.

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