Moscow refuses to rule out Latin American military deployments Conflict News

Russia is “examining options to ensure security,” a Kremlin spokesman said in the wake of Ukraine’s tensions.

Moscow has again refused to deploy military units to Cuba and Venezuela Tensions with the West over Ukraine cooked up, saying it is “exploring options” to ensure Russia’s security.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said last week “neither confirm nor reject“Russia could send missiles or other assets to Latin America.

Diplomatic talks between Russia, the United States, NATO and other Western powers have failed to make any headway in the Ukraine crisis.

Asked to comment on Ryabkov’s statement, which the US described as “violence”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Russia was “reviewing different scenarios”.

“For Latin America, we are talking about sovereign states there, let’s not forget that,” he told reporters in a conference call.

“And, in the context of the current situation, Russia is exploring options that would ensure its security.”

Russia-Belarus military exercises

Peskov’s comments Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus, confirmed on Monday that Russia and Belarus will hold joint military exercises next month.

Lukashenko said the exercises on the southern and western borders of Belarus were in response to the gathering of suspected troops from Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic states – Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia – near the borders of his country.

He said there were now more than 30,000 soldiers stationed near the Belarusian border.

“It simply came to our notice then [the Baltics and Poland] and the south [Ukraine], “Lukashenko told the state news agency BELTA.

Diplomatic efforts are skewed

Monday’s developments added to the fear of breaking the conflict in Europe, where Russia’s latest troop build-up near the Ukrainian border has terrified Kyiv and its Western allies.

Russia, which seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and accuses it of promoting a pro-Russian separatist war in the east of the country, has denied any plans to invade its neighbor.

Instead of the Kremlin blame NATO weakening the security situation in the region.

He says the US-led military alliance is threatening its territory and has done so He demanded that he never embrace Ukraine or as any new member nation of the former Soviet Union.

Washington has said it is not launching such a move, but said it was ready with Moscow on possible future deployments of offensive missiles in Ukraine and restrictions on US and NATO military exercises in Eastern Europe.