US involvement in conflict brings growing risks

Russia is signalling to the United States that increasing involvement in the Ukrainian conflict brings growing risks, state news agency TASS quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying.

The Interfax news agency also quoted Ryabkov as saying, “We are sending signals to the Americans that their line of escalation and ever more profound involvement in this conflict is fraught with dire consequences. The risks are growing.”

A US official told Reuters news agency that a special “deconfliction” line between the Russian and US militaries had been used once since the start of the war. Still, Ryabkov said he was not “aware” of any channels.

“We do not have any dialogue with the United States on the Ukraine topic because our positions are radically different,” he said.