It appears that the Biden administration has notified Russia of “direct negotiations on the Ukraine conflict,” and North Korea has launched a series of missiles in response to strengthening direct negotiations with the U.S.
Secretary of State Tony Blincoln announced at a briefing on the 26th that in a written reply to Russia, he had proposed a "resolving diplomatic tension" with Russia, excluding the controversy over Ukraine's accession to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
Russia previously requested security documents from the West, including Ukraine's ban on NATO membership and NATO expansion.
North Korea fired its sixth missile on the 27th, and the US State Department said on the same day, "These test launches, along with the six other ballistic missile launches this month, are in violation of UN Security Council resolutions. "We are committed to taking a diplomatic approach to North Korea, and we urge them to engage in dialogue," VOA reported. did.
At a briefing on the correspondence, Secretary Blincoln said, "Comprehensively speaking, our reply suggests a serious diplomatic path."
"The Beijing Winter Olympics will start on the 4th of next month and President Vladimir Putin will attend the opening ceremony," said Deputy Secretary of State Sherman during a videoconference at the Yalta European Strategy Forum. I don't think it will," he said, implying direct negotiations between the US and Russia during the Olympics.
The British Financial Times reported on the 24th that the Ukraine crisis is a joint effort between Russia and China against the US unipolar system. I am not shaken because of that,” he said, referring to the solidarity between China and Russia.
In a press release on the 27th, the Blue House NSC adopted 'Regrettably', saying, "It is very regrettable that North Korea's continuous missile launch goes against the demands of the international community and Korea for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the region."
The NSC repeated ‘regret’ four times for the six North Korean missiles, wrote ‘concern’ for the ballistic missile on the 5th, and did not reveal its position on the two cruise missiles on the 25th.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said that it fired two projectiles presumed to be short-range ballistic missiles from the Hamhung area at 8:05 am and 8:05 am on the same day into the East Sea to the northeast, with a flight distance of about 190 km and an altitude of 20 km. Otherwise, it showed short-range missiles.
During the armed protests over U.S.-led NATO membership in Ukraine, Russia's closest neighbor, the U.S. raised sanctions against Russia-Germany gas pipeline project (Nordstream 2), followed by sanctions against Putin directly.
White House press secretary Jen Saki said on the 25th, "As the president, there is no intention, interest, or desire to send troops to Ukraine." In the notification of the order to prepare for deployment of 8,500 people,” it said, “If it is deployed on a mission, it will be carried out by NATO’s Rapid Response Force (NRF).”
In the US Republican Party's NATO expansion policy in Eastern Europe, Democratic President Clinton weakened it with a 'Partner for Peace' (PfP) strategy in 1994. The Democratic Party also stepped in, and Vice President Biden was in charge of foreign policy. In the establishment of a pro-US government in Ukraine, the CIA's Ukrainian Mission Center (UMC) was created, and the Trump Administration's Korea Mission Center (KMC) was operated the North Korea-US summit in Singapore with the Blue House.
Under the Biden administration, the CIA established the China Mission Center (CMC) in October last year and absorbed the Korea Mission Center (KMC) as an East Asian country in charge of Japan.
On the 27th, the professional magazine 'Politico', with the title of 'Russia's move in Ukraine fuels China's ambition and Taiwan's fear', said, "The West's response to Russia will become a weather vane for China's strategy to press for Taiwan's unification," Liz Truss said. The British foreign secretary made a diagnosis, such as "Russia could create a military crisis in Europe and China in the Indo-Pacific at the same time."