Russia-Ukraine Crisis Deescalating As NATO Countries Break From Bellicose US-UK Stance

Ukraine’s NSC Sec. Danilov tells @BBC_ua he doesn’t expect an imminent invasion and doesn’t share “the panic,” which he connects to “geopolitical and domestic” processes in the West:

“The buildup of Russian troops [at the Ukrainian border] isn’t as rapid as some claim” https://t.co/hudVerkfvl

— Grigor Atanesian (@atanessi) January 24, 2022

• The faster NATO collapse, the less chance of war!! It appears to be the Anglo-American axis driving the war proganda!
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• Russia-Ukraine Crisis Deescalating As NATO Countries Break From Bellicose US-UK Stance
  by Tyler Durden, https://www.zerohedge.com/
  Deescalation appears to be accelerating over the Ukraine crisis given a number of rapid developments which have seen lead NATO countries break from the more bellicose and threatening tone of the United States and UK. After Germany’s neutrality toward the Russia-Ukraine crisis became apparent, Sweden is the latest to follow its lead of forbidding arms transfers to Kiev, while Croatia is out with a firm statement saying it will recall all of its troops from NATO in the event of war.
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  This followed on the heels of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announcing that circumstances in the region are now “under control” and that there’s “no reason to panic” according to The Associated Press.
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  It appears the earlier hyped messages of an ‘imminent Russian invasion’ have backfired, as Ukraine officials have now turned to castigating the media for spreading a sense of overblown panic and doom among the population. Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov went so far as to say the threat of a Russian invasion “doesn’t exist” despite there still being “risky scenarios”. Other Ukraine defense officials have echoed this as well…
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Could this be a rift between the US/UK and France/Germany on Ukraine? https://t.co/hiuRfghARX

— Leith Bou Phadel (@leithfadel) January 25, 2022

This quote from a senior French official shows the growing rift between #Britain 🇬🇧 and #France 🇫🇷 on Russia/Ukraine:

“The UK is developing positions that are very explicit, very alarmist . . . We have to be careful not to create self-fulfilling prophecies.”

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) January 25, 2022

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