Analysis: Putin claims Ukraine crisis is over Russia’s future, but that rings with Cold War brinkmanship
It was on full display Tuesday in Putin’s first comments on the Ukraine crisis in more than a month. He called out the West, saying Russia’s security concerns “have been ignored” and that Ukraine was being used as a pawn by Washington and allies to undercut Russia’s power.
Among them: destabilizing Ukraine and undermining its economy; and forcing President Biden and top European leaders to pay attention to Russia’s “red line” on Ukraine joining NATO, drumming up a flurry of high-level diplomatic meetings and winning some concessions on limitations on intermediate range missiles.
Putin is using a crisis and threat of war to try to get Washington and NATO to budge on Russia’s demands to halt NATO expansion, attempt to push NATO forces and equipment out of Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, and evict U.S. nuclear weapons from Europe.
“If he is faced with the stark choice of escalation or capitulation, I don’t think he will back down. I think he will feel that he has to escalate,” said London-based Russia analyst Mark Galeotti.He said the Kremlin’s rhetoric “is actually a fairly blunt instrument. And the Russians are pretty much making this up as they go along.
In February 2021, top Russian officials expressed their disgust at Ukraine’s leadership for moving to shut down several pro-Russian TV stations.
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