The remarks by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the legitimacy of Russia’s borders in a documentary broadcast on Russian television, some US allies rattle, fearing that he tried the way for another military incursion in Ukraine in place. In the documentary “Russia. Kremlin. Putin.” The wave on June 21, said the Russian president that some former Sowjetrepubliken, Traditional der’einige historic areas, Russia and collapsed when the Soviet Union in 1991, some with bezeichnete not specified, aus gifts Moscow. The following day, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “No, Russia has no territorial claims against its neighbors”, but said that some US and European officials are still worried Putin another aggressive move in an attempt to divert attention from his poor make low oil prices could be used in dealing with the pandemic Russian economy and the impact of the crown. Other recent moves by Putin have reinforced these fears, say officials, including Putin’s decision to maintain a large military parade in Moscow on June 24, although Russia’s third-COVID have 19 cases worldwide. published on June 22, the Russian president also with the Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu and Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, a supporter of the Russian raids in Ukraine, the Russian army Cathedral outside Moscow for the 79th anniversary of the invasion of the Nazi Germany Soviet. has “Crimea” particularly worrying “the topic by far rejected elsewhere in Europe and in the documentation, Putin said – Putin called A European officials renewed defense of the Russian annexation of the Crimea in 2014 – called” democratic choice of the peninsula’s population “there was always in the film. also said from a legal point of view.” the immediate focus of concern now, officials from both sides of the Atlantic, is the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops and forces NATO military Ukrainians supported in an uneasy truce are blocked. described on June 12, following a video conference between the Secretary Mike Pompeo and EU officials, the spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Morgan Ortagus that maintain Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and our insistence that Russia is no longer his aggressive actions “joint US-EU resolution called Donbass region-in.” “We reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all former Soviet republics, including Ukraine,” a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said later. “Crimea is part of Ukraine. It continues with officials from Ukraine, Russia, Germany, France and other allies and partners interested in supporting Ukraine to involve the integrity of the sovereignty and territorial.” But backup Ukraine is one of the few things that the transatlantic allies can agree these days as the long-term US-EU alliance has weakened the administration’s foreign policy under the Trump “American First”. Two European officials say they use fear Putin the growing tensions between its NATO allies of the United States and could look another step on the territory of Ukraine or elsewhere, was part of the Soviet Union. “Putin can smell weakness,” one of the officials who remain anonymous said both. It is “The fraying Atlantic Alliance, President Trump withdrawal of American troops from Germany because it says that the Germans their defense to meet spending commitments, and Putin has problems at home. This could add up to trouble.” Some US officials think Trump difficulty of re-election, however, could have the opposite effect, and remain Putin’s hand. “Putin knows that it is better, with four years of a Trump presidency and goes a step further, especially in Ukraine, would mean more problems, especially because Ukraine is already a campaign issue,” said a US intelligence official . Picture copyright by Alexey Nikolsky Sputnik / AFP / Getty Images
Because the US and EU officials are concerned Putin could be another step in Ukraine in September
