However, the American diplomat did not rule out - in an interview with an episode of the "Beyond the News" program (2022/2/17) - that there would be another opportunity for dialogue to bring the views of the parties to the crisis and the forces involved in it closer.
And what Washington expects from Moscow in the direction of de-escalation, Jensen said that Russia can implement its previous promise to withdraw its forces from the border with Ukraine, and stop what he described as provocation attempts in Donetsk and Luhansk, the two Ukrainian separatist pro-Russian regions backed by Moscow, stressing that if Moscow does With positive steps, NATO will respond in a balanced and constructive manner.
The speech refers to the escalatory indicators in the latest developments related to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis and the parties concerned with the harbinger of a wide war in the region on the impact of field developments, the most important of which is the continuation of mutual bombing between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists, and Washington and its allies within NATO to send reinforcements to Eastern Europe.
Diplomacy reflected this atmosphere of escalation, whether through the request of the Russian Foreign Ministry to leave Bart Gorman, the US deputy ambassador to Russia, or among the folds of the Russian response to the American proposals, which showed a gap between the two parties in diagnosing the current situation and how to deal with it diplomatically and on the ground.
The cyberspace did not lose sight of this tension. After Ukraine announced that it had been subjected to a major cyber attack, Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry and all its applications had been disrupted.
Two options for Moscow
For his part, political analyst and expert in international politics, Alexander Baunov said that in the context of the recent diplomatic moves, Russian President Vladimir Putin has one of two paths: either to proceed on the diplomatic path and achieve an achievement represented in the implementation of some Russian security demands, and if this is not achieved, he will have a margin From moving to achieve these security demands technically and militarily.
The Russian political analyst indicated that his country is seeking to win the current diplomatic battle - which he described as harsh - but at the same time it is practicing a military escalation in parallel to achieve its goals.
Speaking during the urgent meeting of the Security Council on the Russia-Ukraine crisis, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Russia is trying to create a pretext for an attack on Ukraine, such as a premeditated terrorist attack.
Blinken added that the most urgent threat to peace and security is the looming Russian aggression against Ukraine, stressing that no country has the right to control the political will and sovereignty of another country.
He warned that the conflict in Ukraine affects all parties to this session and all countries of the world, stressing at the same time that the Minsk agreements remain the basis for resolving the conflict on the Ukrainian borders.