Has Russia responded to the U.S. yet over Ukraine tension?

On this photograph supplied by the Ukrainian Protection Press Service, Ukrainian fight medics attend a coaching on tactical drugs and aeromedical evacuation of the wounded on the army coaching floor in Luhansk area, jap Ukraine, on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022.

Ukrainian Protection Ministry Press Service by way of Related Press

Russia despatched a brand new letter to the US — solely it was a mixup letter about a wholly totally different matter than the continuing rigidity with Ukraine.

The information: State Division officers confirmed Monday that the U.S. had “acquired a written follow-up from Russia,” which was a response to the missive the U.S. despatched to Russia that denied Russia’s calls for about Ukraine, CNN studies.

Sure, however: Russia mentioned Tuesday that the nation hadn’t despatched its “predominant reply to the U.S.,” in line with CNN.

• “There was a mix-up,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned in a convention name. “It (the Russian correspondence) regarded a special matter. The primary reply on this situation hasn’t been handed over, it’s nonetheless being ready.”

Atone for the scenario: Final week, the US despatched a letter to Russia that rejected the nation’s demand to maintain Ukraine out of NATO.

• U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned the response gave Russia “a critical diplomatic path ahead, ought to Russia select it.”
• Russian overseas minister Sergei Lavrov, who's Blinken’s counterpart, mentioned President Vladimir Putin would contemplate the U.S. response. However Russia wouldn't rush to a call on what to do subsequent.

The larger image: That is all occurring amid elevated rigidity on the Russia-Ukraine border.

• Russia has amassed lots of of hundreds of troops on the border, sending medical tools to deal with casualties there, as I reported for the Deseret Information,