Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States, US, of trying to draw his country into a war in Ukraine. He said America’s goal was to use a confrontation as a pretext to impose more sanctions on Russia. President Putin also said the US was ignoring Russia’s concerns about the European expansion of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, the Western military alliance. The US and its allies accuse Russia of planning to invade Ukraine, something Russia has repeatedly denied. On Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted that the US was committed to preventing a conflict that is in no one’s interest.