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Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>US undersecretary of state Victoria Nuland announced Saturday that the US had prepared 18 scenarios to respond to a hypothetical Russian ‘invasion’ of Ukraine, saying the conversation between US allies has been about “inflicting very sharp pain very fast if Russia makes this move in any form.”<\/b><\/p>\n

Russia is considering its own scenarios in the event of a continued escalation over Ukraine, but has fewer of them than undersecretary of state Nuland, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov has said.<\/p>\n

“Of course, in the context of the current situation, Russia is thinking about how to ensure its own security. We know that Mrs. Nuland has 18 scenarios. We are considering different scenarios; we believe that there should be far fewer of them because the formulation of the question is extremely correct for us, there is no need to make it complicated, because it is not so complicated. The question is extremely direct and extremely specific,” Peskov said in a briefing Monday.<\/p>\n

Undersecretary of state Nuland told the Financial Times Saturday that Washington had concocted well over a dozen possible options to respond to a ‘Russian invasion’ of Ukraine. The high-ranking diplomat did not elaborate on exactly what these options were, saying only that the conversation with allies has been about “inflicting very sharp pain very fast” against Moscow.<\/p>\n

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