US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken commented on the statement of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the impending coup d'etat, saying that destabilizing the situation inside Ukraine is part of Russia's tactics, he said this during a joint press conference with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevichs, the official website of the State Department reports..

According to Blinken, the United States is seriously analyzing the situation after President Zelensky's statement about the preparation of a coup.

" The essence of this training manual is as follows: try to artificially create a so-called provocation to justify something that Russia is planning to do, "

The head of the State Department also stressed that he will provide more detailed information regarding Ukraine after consultations with NATO allies..

In turn, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Edgars Rinkevics said that he discussed with Blinken the current situation in Ukraine and around Ukraine.

“NATO and the European Union should send a signal to Russia and clearly indicate at what point the threat to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine will become our political and military concern, and we will respond accordingly,” Rinkevichs said..

According to the journalist of the American media project Buzzfeed News Christopher Miller, the coup in Ukraine was prepared by an officer of the Russian FSB and three Ukrainians, former employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who are now in Crimea..

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Akhmetov responded to Zelensky when he said about the oligarch being drawn into the coup.

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