Loading ...Russia Summons US Ambassador Over Involvement In Ukraine War; Demands Withdrawal Of Troops
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it summoned U.S. ambassador Lynne Tracy Monday to protest the U.S.’ “growing” involvement in the Ukraine war. Tracy was handed a note of protest accusing the U.S. of “pumping” the Ukrainian army with weapons and encouraging Ukraine to attack targets within Russia by supplying them with intelligence reports.
The ministry told Tracy, who was sworn in as ambassador to Russia on Jan. 9, that these “clearly prove the inconsistency and falsity of the assertions of the American side that the United States is not a party to the conflict.”
Russia demanded the withdrawal of American and NATO troops and equipment from Ukraine and an end to “hostile, anti-Russian activity” to de-escalate the conflict. The Russian ministry also asked for explanations about the explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines and urged the U.S. not to interfere with the investigation into the blasts.
Anyone else have the sense that this was a “crossing t’s” meeting?
One of the things to do before “X” action was to publicly admonish the aggressor and ask them to stop — so that you can later say “well we asked politely AND they chose to ignore us SO we were forced to defend ourselves BY castrating them”??
Otherwise why bother with the warning?
Exactly! Putin does everything by the book.