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Washington monitors the reinforcement of the Russian army in the occupied Donbass. The administration of US President Donald Trump has no clear Russian strategy, but such actions of the Kremlin will trigger Washington's reaction.
Vice President of US Foreign Policy Advisory Group Ilan Berman told Crimea.Realia magazine.
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The expert pointed out that the United States reacted to Putin's actions against Ukraine. The United States notably condemned the aggression of Russia when it opened fire on Ukrainian army boats and seized Ukrainian soldiers
It is Russia that intensified the conflict and required an appropriate response. And although the Donald Trump administration apparently does not have a clear Russian strategy, it is obvious that it is ready to react if Moscow, figuratively speaking, violates the rules of the game that she is playing
– he told the audience. Berman pointed out that Washington was closely monitoring Russia's increased military activity.
"Other Russian actions in this direction will provoke a response from the US It is evident that the previous actions of the Trump administration prove it," said the expert.
According to him, the Russian Pressure on Ukraine has already become a pretext to impose sanctions and very likely "will lead in the coming months to new sanctions against the Kremlin".
Remember that the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, has repeatedly pointed out that Russia has strongly increased technology weapon along the border with Ukraine and in the occupied Crimea. According to him, Ukraine is currently taking all measures that are required to prevent their intrusion on a large scale.
In particular, the Ministry of Territories Occupied Temporarily and Internally Displaced Persons published satellite photos that recorded the accumulation of Russian military equipment near the Belbek Airfield, which is located near occupied Sevastopol
What happened in the Kerch Strait? On November 25, a Russian border ship made a descent into the rails of the Ukrainian tug in the Kerch Strait. It is known that two small armored Ukrainian artillery boats and raids were conducted in accordance with international standards from the port of Odessa to the port of Mariupol
However, Russia said that Ukrainian warships would have illegally penetrated the temporarily closed waters of the Russian Sea and continued the movement towards the Kerch Strait. A group of Ukrainian ships continued their journey to Mariupol. However, during the withdrawal from the Kerch Strait, Russian border ships opened fire on Ukrainian ships, injuring six Ukrainian soldiers. Russia also seized 2 Ukrainian ships and captured 24 Ukrainian sailors, who were subsequently arrested in occupied Crimea and taken to SIZO Moscow.
Ukraine then introduced a military state in the 10 regions until December 26th. In addition, on November 30, Ukraine banned the entry into its territory of Russian citizens aged 16 to 60 years.
Russia is no longer the first month of the world to block foreign ships going to the Ukrainian ports of the Azov Sea. As a result, the Ukrainian economy suffers considerable losses.
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