MOSCOW SIGNALLED READINESS TO RESUME US-RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE TALKS IN EARLY NOVEMBER, BUT THE PROSPECT OF NEGOTIATIONS RENEWED DEBATE OVER WHETHER US ENGAGEMENT OR STRONGER ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON RUSSIA WOULD BETTER ADVANCE A SETTLEMENT.
Moscow will respond to any aggression from Western Europe while denying it has plans to attack the region, Russia said. NATO was previously warned that Russia could use its entire arsenal, nuclear weapons included, if the alliance moved to cut off Kaliningrad.
“Moscow thinks that the price Washington and Europe are willing to pay to support Kyiv is limited, whereas the price Russia is prepared to pay to conquer Ukraine is not,” writes @DmytroKuleba.