'De-escalation and diplomacy are the only way to secure peace,' said British MP jeremycorbyn.
Jake JohnsonThe urgency of diplomatic steps to avert a war in Eastern Europe reached new heights Tuesday following Russian President Vladimir Putin'sto recognize two breakaway regions in Ukraine as independent and deploy troops—described as"peacekeeping" forces—to the Donbas, heightening fears of an all-out military conflict.statement
The statement came as the U.S., the European Union, and the United Kingdom prepared to respond to Putin's actions with a"Shortly after Putin signed decrees formally recognizing the independence of the two self-proclaimed people's republics in eastern Ukraine, U.S.
"De-escalation and diplomacy are the only way to secure peace," British MP Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader,Anatol Lieven, a senior research fellow on Russia and Europe at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft,Monday that"American condemnation of Russia's latest action should be accompanied by continued efforts at compromise with Russia."
"Biden has said repeatedly that the U.S. is open to diplomacy with Russia, but on the issue that Moscow has most emphasized—NATO enlargement—there has been no American diplomacy at all," Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University,on Monday."Putin has repeatedly demanded that the U.S. forswear NATO's enlargement into Ukraine, while Biden has repeatedly asserted that membership of the alliance is Ukraine's choice.