“Secretary of State Blinken reaffirmed US support for Poland in the face of Lukashenko's cynical use of vulnerable migrants. These actions of the Lukashenka regime threaten security, sow division and & nbsp; are aimed at diverting attention from & nbsp; Russian actions on & nbsp; the border with & nbsp; Ukraine & nbsp;, & nbsp; & mdash; State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a & nbsp; statement.
“ Secretary of State Blinken and & nbsp; Minister Rau firmly condemned the use of vulnerable migrants as & nbsp; as a tool and & nbsp; called on Lukashenka to address the root cause of the sanctions imposed by the West & nbsp; & mdash; refusal to the Belarusian people in & nbsp; respect for human rights and & nbsp; fundamental freedoms & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; Price stated.
“ The Secretary of State also expressed deep gratitude to Poland for the & nbsp; open support it expresses for the sovereignty and & nbsp; territorial integrity of Ukraine. The United States, Poland and & nbsp; other allies and & nbsp; partners are united in & nbsp; to make Moscow pay for & nbsp; its military aggression and & nbsp; harmful influence in the & nbsp; region & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; concluded Price. Moscow and & nbsp; Minsk & nbsp; have already denied the State Department's claims in the & nbsp; past.
Price clarified that & nbsp; Blinken's conversation with the & nbsp; Polish minister took place on & nbsp; Saturday.
President & nbsp; RF Vladimir Putin stated that & nbsp; accusations of & nbsp; address of Russia in & nbsp; migration crisis on & nbsp; border of Belarus and & nbsp; Poland & nbsp; & mdash; on the conscience of those who & nbsp; their & nbsp; voiced is the desire to shift problems from a sore head to a healthy one. According to & nbsp; he said, Russia & nbsp; has absolutely no relation to the current situation, but & nbsp; is ready to contribute to its settlement.
Ukraine and & nbsp; Western states in & nbsp; have recently expressed concern about & nbsp; connection with & nbsp; allegedly increasing 'aggressive actions from & nbsp; Russia to & nbsp; Ukraine. In & nbsp; Washington in & nbsp; April 2021 announced the & nbsp; escalation of “ Russian aggression '' and & nbsp; the movement of troops & nbsp; RF in & nbsp; Crimea and & nbsp; & nbsp; on the eastern border of Ukraine. The press secretary of the President of the & nbsp; RF Dmitry Peskov stated that & nbsp; Russia is moving troops within & nbsp; the limits of its territory and & nbsp; at & nbsp; its discretion. According to & nbsp; he said, this does not & nbsp; threaten anyone and & nbsp; does not & nbsp; should worry anyone. With this & nbsp; in the second half of April, the Ministry of Defense & nbsp; RF reported that & nbsp; Russian troops involved in the & nbsp; & nbsp; surprise check in & nbsp; the south and & nbsp; west of the country began to return to & nbsp; their units. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu then ordered to return to & nbsp; May 1 & nbsp; the places of permanent deployment of the troops that were involved in the & nbsp; exercises.