Ukraine crisis: Putin says Russia does not want war | DW News

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia has started withdrawing some troops from the Ukrainian border. But NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a press conference at alliance headquarters in Brussels: "So far we have not seen any de-escalation on the ground, not any signs of reduced Russian military presence on the borders of Ukraine."

Gewrman Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Moscow today to meet with ussian President Vladimir Putin. In a joint press conference after meeting, the chancellor said "it is our absolute duty as heads of government that Europe does not see an escalation into war." Scholz added that high-level dialogue between Russian and Germany's European partners is essential to achieving stability moving forward.

"We are ready to work further together. We are ready to go down the negotiations track," Putin told the press conference.

Putin added that Germany "is one of Russia's most important partners" and said it intended to cooperate further with Berlin. He emphasized the role of economic ties between the two, with Germany being Russia's second-biggest trade partner after China.

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[hookah]

All the biases against Russia just goes to show the lack of knowledge people have on this situation between NATO and Russia.
There is no right or wrong sides here. NATO is expanding near Russia, something Russia doesn’t want. It’s like if Russia were to become allies with Mexico and had it troops and technology stationed there. The U.S. would not like that and would understandably feel threatened and get defensive.

Similar thing happened in the Cuban missile crisis where the U.S. was in a similar position as Russia is rn.

[marcusj]

Russian:- You don't join NATO or we'll attack you 😡
Ukraine:- We're joining NATO so you don't attack us 🥶

[value]

Why don't you show the NATO positions in the map as well?

[Asdfgghhhjj]

Imagine someone points a gun at you and say "Hey, you want peace?"

[kevlarburrito]

Russian has never been in a position to lecture anyone on foreign policy and humanitarian causes.

[analnydegustator]

So he doesn’t want NATO in Ukraine, but didn’t he think that by posing threat and annexing Crimea he will force Ukraine to join it?

[istvansipos]

fine! Then everybody says that they want no war. It is a done deal. Right?
:- )

[sextoncardew]

One day I will tune into DW and hear somebody say something intelligent.

[ltkreg]

What people are missing is that China is intently studying everything about the Ukraine crisis for purposes of applying lessons learned to the Taiwan question.

[RUSSIA-vqox]

Sorry, guys, we cannot "invade" Ukraine on Feb 16: today everyone will be busy watching Olympic games, our team is playing a hockey game.

[josephthomas]

If he does not want war then why did he gather over 100 thousand soldiers at Ukraine border.

[PocketDrummer]

Russia: *Builds up over 100k trooper around Ukraine*
Russia: "We don't want war, stop overreacting."

[spankflaps]

He doesn’t want war? Well he’s got a funny way of showing it.

[lyudmylanovosiltseva]

NATO: Every country has a right to self determination and a right to defend itself from aggression from hostile external threats.
To be fair, If S/American countries ask Russia or China to set up military bases for security and protection, the US should also respect their choice

[j.dunlop]

“You can do a lot more with weapons and politeness than just politeness.” Putin!

[trevortrevortsr]

Now that guy understands whats going on - Why are we not using theses experienced people to negotiate

[gladstonerayen]

The problem and solution is NATO? But leaders from the west asking for war not peace because only threats of sanctions are at the table and nothing done till date to address the real cause of concern for RF.

[prismak]

None says that it wants the war. It's always the other part's fault.

[vladimirnemtsev]

Мужик, харэ уже фантазировать на тему вторжения. Ну сколько можно врать то???

[frankulfberht]

Why did the reporter ask this simple-minded and very obvious question? Anyone could have guessed Putin's reply would be.