National Security Adviser to the President of the United States Jake Sullivan told members of the House of Representatives during a regular briefing on the situation around Ukraine that Germany needs to be “constantly persuaded” when it comes to sanctions against Russia.
“They need to be constantly persuaded, especially Germany,” Sullivan quoted Politico as answering the question of the head of the international committee of the House of Representatives, Gregory Meeks, about whether it is necessary to convince a number of allies, for example, Germany and Poland, when it comes to sanctions.
However, according to the adviser, the administration of US President Joe Biden expects a “strong multinational response.”
The West accuses the Russian Federation of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. Moscow categorically denies this and constantly says that no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders.
As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev’s line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes.