Blinken: “Our responsibility is that the war does not come out of Ukraine”

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, reiterated today his rejection that the NATO contribute to imposing a no-fly zone on Ukraine since, he assured, the allies have the responsibility that the war started by Russia “do not spread” outside of that country.

“While we do everything possible to give the Ukrainians means to defend themselves, we have a responsibility to (ensure) that the war does not spread beyond Ukraine”said Blinken at a press conference after participating in a ministerial meeting of the NATO and then go as a guest to a Council of Foreign Affairs of the European Union in Brussels.

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Blinken alluded to the words of the secretary general of the NATOJens Stoltenberg, who today also rejected that the NATO is going to contribute to that no-fly zone that Kiev was asking for.

The only way to implement such a no-fly zone, Blinken pointed out, would be “Sending airplanes from the NATO to shoot down Russian planes. “This could lead us to war with Russia. We are not going to go to war with Russia, but we are going to give the Ukrainians methods to defend themselves.”said.

The US Secretary of State also acknowledged that there is a high probability that “Things get worse before they get better.” on the ground, based onwhat we know of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s methods when he seeks to subjugate another country to his will.”.

“What we see on the battlefield is the Russian forces trying to control the big cities and increasingly brutal methods, also against civilians. The dire expectation is that the suffering we have seen will get worse before it gets better as long as Russia continues to use these methods.”he acknowledged.

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Blinken He also explained that the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has conveyed to them in today’s meetings some of the needs that arise on the ground in Ukraine and that is being worked on to see “What else can be done”while assuring that Western sanctions are already having “a dramatic impact” in the Russian economy.

And, although he stressed that applying these sanctions “It’s not like flipping a switch.” in terms of limiting the Russian military capacity in Ukrainenoted that the impact is “powerful, real and building.”

Blinken He further added that, although Putin has said publicly that the military operation is proceeding as he planned, “it is hard to imagine that his plan included uniting the whole world against Moscow” or “put the Russian economy in free fall”.

Asked about future sanctions in the area of ​​energy, Blinken said “nothing is ruled out”although he pointed out that reducing world energy reserves by applying this type of measure to Moscow would mean an increase in the prices paid by Western consumers, while the objective of the sanctions should be “achieve a maximum impact in Russia and a minimum one” on United States and their partners.

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Source: Elcomercio

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