They agreed, however, to hold talks with Russia to discuss its concerns. The security proposal by Moscow has raised the question of whether Putin is making unrealistic demands in the expectation of a Western rejection that would give him a pretext to invade. Steven Pifer, who served as U.S. Ukraine in the Clinton administration, said the Biden administration could engage on some elements of Russia's draft document if Moscow is serious about talks. Meanwhile, key NATO members have made clear there is no appetite for expanding the alliance in the near future. The U.S. and allies could also be receptive to language in the Russians' draft document calling for establishing new consultative mechanisms, such as the NATO-Russia Council and a hotline between NATO and Russia. “The draft treaty’s proposed bar on any NATO military activity in Ukraine, eastern Europe, the Caucasus, or Central Asia is an overreach, but some measures to limit military exercises and activities on a reciprocal basis might be possible,” Pifer, who is now a senior fellow at Brookings Institution, wrote in an analysis for the Washington think tank.
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‘I have decided to proceed with a military operation,’ Putin said in a television announcement that triggered immediate condemnation from US President Joe Biden and other Western leaders, and sent global financial markets into turmoil. Shortly after the announcement, explosions were heard in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and several other cities, according to AFP correspondents. Ukrainian border guards said Russian ground forces had crossed into Ukraine from the north and south. President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law and said Russia was attacking his country’s ‘military infrastructure’, but urged citizens not to panic and vowed victory. The head of the Ukrainian military, Major General Valeriy Zaluzhny, said he had received orders from Zelensky to repel the invasion and ‘inflict maximum losses against the aggressor’. Kyiv’s military command its forces had killed ‘around 50 Russian occupiers’ while repulsing an attack on a town on the frontline with Moscow-backed rebels, a toll that could not be immediately confirmed by AFP.
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