The US has rejected Russia’s demand to bar Ukraine from Nato, amid warnings Russia might invade its neighbour. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was giving Russia a formal response to its demands to resolve the Ukraine crisis.
Mr Blinken said that he was offering Russia “a serious diplomatic path forward and it should accept this.
In reply, a Russian minister said his country would study Mr Blinken’s response, delivered in coordination with Nato.
Russia had issued a written list of its concerns about the expansion of the NATO military alliance and related security issues.
Among them was a demand for NATO to rule out the possibility of Ukraine and others ever joining the alliance.
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