Russian Diplomats Issue Dire Warnings

The Kremlin’s top diplomat has warned that Western involvement in Ukraine is nearing “the point of no return,” accusing the United States and the NATO bloc of attempting to transform the country into a “Russophobic military stronghold.” Meanwhile, Moscow’s UN envoy declared that all of Russia’s “red lines” have already been crossed.

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After the fall of the Soviet Union, Washington and several other Western states gave assurances to Moscow that the NATO alliance would not expand beyond Germany. However, in the years since, Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump have each allowed new members to join the alliance, all of them inching closer to Russia’s borders.

(complete story at link above.  Note that Trump also has contributed to this; his hat is not as white as we'd hoped.  I'd also submit that if we've already crossed every "red line" that we've also passed the point of no return.  The U.S. and NATO are NOT interested in reconciliation, or with dialing back on any of the hostilities.  This is Russia's "existential threat" and some major global unpleasantness is most probably unavoidable.)