Russia says US ignored its security demands over Ukraine

Washington has warned Moscow of devastating sanctions if it invades Ukraine, including penalties targeting senior Russian officials and key economic sectors

Vladimir Putin. Picture: Alexei Nikolsky/AP

Russia has said it will not start a war in Ukraine but warned that the US and Nato have ignored its demands and left little room for compromise.

President Vladimir Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron that the West has failed to consider Russia’s key conditions of halting further Nato expansion, stopping the deployment of alliance weapons near Russian borders, and rolling back its forces from eastern Europe, the Kremlin said.