{"id":480060,"date":"2022-01-13T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=480060"},"modified":"2022-01-13T19:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T17:35:47","slug":"putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin using diplomatic process as a device &#8211; Volker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The United States and European countries must take action and impose sanctions on Russia, strengthen NATO allies and increase aid to Ukraine, and then continue the dialogue with the Kremlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kurt Volker<\/strong>, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations, said this in an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/3384423-kurt-volker-former-us-special-representative-for-ukraine.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">interview\u00a0<\/a>with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukrinform.net\/rubric-polytics\/3384506-putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ukrinform<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Now is the time to <strong>be increasing support for Ukraine<\/strong>, training, equipment. Now is the time to apply sanctions until Russia stands down its military forces. We should be putting these in there today rather than waiting to see if Russia invades and then doing it after the fact,&#8221; Volker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/u-s-senate-introduces-bill-with-new-russia-sanctions\/\">U.S. Senate introduces bill with new Russia sanctions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him, Putin <strong>is cynically using the diplomatic process<\/strong> for his own insidious plan to get a formal rejection from the West of the Kremlin&#8217;s ultimate demands to NATO and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;And then he [Putin] <strong>can use that rejection as a pretext<\/strong>, saying, well, because Russia&#8217;s security interests were ignored, we have no choice, we have to take things into our own hands,&#8221; Volker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that if the Kremlin decides to invade Ukraine, it will be most convenient to do so by the middle of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;They [the Russians] want to be able to carry out military action on frozen ground and end it before the ground thaws. So they have a window in which they can act, do what they&#8217;re going to do, and then be able to go into negotiation,&#8221; Volker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russia-needs-to-make-a-choice-de-escalation-and-diplomacy-or-confrontation-and-consequences-sherman\/\">Russia needs to make a choice: de-escalation and diplomacy or confrontation and consequences \u2013 Sherman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged the United States and NATO to &#8220;take preemptive steps.&#8221; &#8220;We want to prevent &#8211; we should want to prevent &#8211; a new invasion rather than wait for that to happen,&#8221; Volker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, he said he was sure that the current U.S. administration seems to understand the need to be much tougher than in 2014 or 2015. &#8220;So they seem to have prepared the ground for quick deployment of <strong>very tough<\/strong> <strong>sanctions<\/strong>. They&#8217;ve also said that they will reinforce a military presence in NATO countries in Eastern Europe and increase security assistance to Ukraine. So they&#8217;ve said all of these things, and I think they mean it, I believe they are committed to it. The only thing I would say is that I would urge them to do it now, don&#8217;t wait,&#8221; Volker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, director of the Eurasian Center at the Atlantic Council (USA), US Ambassador to Ukraine (2003-2006)\u00a0<strong>John<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Herbst<\/strong>\u00a0on the air of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D4XlQf_srag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UA<\/a>, international broadcasting of Ukraine, said that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/the-war-in-the-donbas-does-not-reach-its-goal-so-putin-is-threatening-a-full-scale-invasion-herbst\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the war in Donbas does not achieve its goal<\/a>, therefore Putin threatens with a full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States and European countries must take action and impose sanctions &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":480062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,49,52,55,50],"tags":[78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-480060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-news-en","category-svit-2-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Putin using diplomatic process as a device - Volker - Freedom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Putin using diplomatic process as a device - Volker - Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States and European countries must take action and impose sanctions ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Freedom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-01-13T18:11:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP19324061187835-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u041b\u0443\u0431\u0447\u0430\u043a \u0412\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u041b\u0443\u0431\u0447\u0430\u043a \u0412\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/putin-using-diplomatic-process-as-a-device-volker\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u041b\u0443\u0431\u0447\u0430\u043a \u0412\u0430\u0434\u0438\u043c\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/7bce47e71983286745557a9c3b9eaa8b\"},\"headline\":\"Putin using diplomatic process as a device &#8211; 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