Russia is considering its own scenarios in the event of a continued escalation over Ukraine, but has fewer of them than undersecretary of state Nuland, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov has said.
“Of course, in the context of the current situation, Russia is thinking about how to ensure its own security. We know that Mrs. Nuland has 18 scenarios. We are considering different scenarios; we believe that there should be far fewer of them because the formulation of the question is extremely correct for us; there is no need to make it complicated, because it is not so complicated. The question is extremely direct and extremely specific,” Peskov said in a briefing on Monday.
“We hope that -as our American interlocutors have already said, that something can be formulated in writing this week by the US side,” Peskov added.
Asked to comment on the possible deployment of Russian missiles in Cuba or Venezuela in response to US deployments in Europe, the Kremlin spokesman recalled the former states’ sovereignty. “In Latin America and so on: there we are still talking about sovereign states, let’s not forget about this,” Peskov said.
Undersecretary of State Nuland told the Financial Times Saturday that Washington had concocted well over a dozen possible options to respond to a ‘Russian invasion’ of Ukraine. The high-ranking diplomat did not elaborate on exactly what these options were, saying only that the conversation with allies has been about “inflicting very sharp pain very fast” against Moscow.
Source: Agencies
