Russia’s spy chief says Russia, Belarus ready to act over European ‘escalation’ around Ukraine
Russia and Belarus are prepared to respond to potential NATO threats.
Russia’s foreign spy service chief, Sergei Naryshkin, said that the security services of Russia and Belarus were ready to act proactively, given what he said was increased escalation from Europe over Ukraine, state news agency RIA reported on Tuesday.
RIA cited Naryshkin as saying that, in the event of an attack on Russia or Belarus, Russia would retaliate against NATO as a whole, but that Poland and the Baltic states would suffer first.
No ‘clear outline’ of Ukraine deal, but political will is there, the Kremlin claims
We are now getting some lines from the Kremlin, responding to US reactions and comments on US-Russia talks overnight that I brought you earlier.
The Kremlin declined to offer a precise time frame for further talks on Ukraine settlement, but insisted there is political will to move towards an agreement, even if there is no “clear outline” of what it could cover.
But, echoing some of Witkoff’s comments, it played up the “enormous potential” for US-Russia cooperation, which it argued “can help stabilise the world.”
Photo: Russia’s foreign spy service chief, Sergei Naryshkin
