US trying to draw Russia into war, Putin says
AKIPRESS.COM - Russia's President Vladimir Putin has accused the US of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine, BBC reports.
He said America's goal was to use a confrontation as a pretext to impose more sanctions on Russia.
Mr Putin also said the US was ignoring Russia's concerns about Nato alliance forces in Europe.
The US and its Nato alliance partners accuse Russia of planning an invasion of Ukraine, something Russia has repeatedly denied.
On Tuesday US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted that the US was "committed to preventing a conflict that is in no one's interest".