White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during a briefing that Russia is responsible for the de-escalation of the crisis around Ukraine. She compared the Russian Federation to a fox that screams from the roof of the chicken coop about the fear of chickens. The broadcast was conducted on the White House Twitter.

She echoed an allegory previously used by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken when asked about Washington's "sympathetic" attitude towards Moscow's central security demand - guarantees against NATO eastward expansion.

“When a fox yells from the top of the chicken coop about being afraid of chickens, which is basically what they do, that fear is not presented as a declaration of fact. And when you see President (Vladimir of Russia) Putin screaming about being afraid of Ukraine and Ukrainians, this should not be interpreted as a declaration of fact. We know who the fox is in this case, ”said the representative of the American administration.

The Russian Foreign Ministry published drafts of a treaty between Russia and the United States on security guarantees and an agreement on measures to ensure the security of the Russian Federation and NATO member states on December 17 last year. In the document, in particular, the parties undertake to eliminate all existing infrastructure for the deployment of nuclear weapons outside their territory, exercise restraint in military planning and not take actions that affect each other's security.

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