Amid the Ukrainian border crisis, progressive and anti-war organizations have urged President Joe Biden to consider Russia's demands not to expand NATO.
"A statement from the United States," he wrote in a letter. Biden was asked by various organizations working on the Ukraine crisis to "stop escalating the extremely dangerous tensions" between Kiev and Moscow.
"It is seriously irresponsible for the president to engage in bitterness between the two countries that control 90 percent of the world's nuclear weapons," the statement said. It was re-released on Tuesday, the statement said.
More than 100 organizations, including RootsAction.org, Veterans for Peace and Progressive Democrats of America, signed the statement, saying it "represents millions of people in the United States."
In the case of the United States, it was stated that "the only sensible course of action now is a commitment to genuine diplomacy with serious dialogue, not military escalation", which could "easily spiral out of control" and the world to "on the verge of nuclear war," according to the report.
"While both sides share responsibility for the crisis, its roots are entrenched in the failure of the United States. "The government must keep its promise made in 1990 not to escalate eastward," the report said.
The statement echoed Moscow's claim that the coalition had encroached upon its territory.
Moscow reiterated its demands at international talks in January, including blocking Ukraine's accession to NATO and reducing the coalition's presence near Russia's borders.
With more than 100,000 Russian troops stationed on Ukraine's borders, Biden has warned that an invasion is imminent, although Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned against spreading panic.
Moscow's demand for a guarantee that Ukraine would not join the coalition, the letter said, "instead of rejecting out of hand" the United States. A long-term moratorium on NATO expansion to be accepted by the government needed."
Russia has said that the invasion of Ukraine is not working. The Kremlin has pushed the narrative that it is the United States to blame for aid received by government-friendly media outlets. And instead of Moscow, other Western countries are fueling tensions by threatening to go to war.
"The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is primarily needed by the Americans," Vladimir Zabarov, the first deputy head of Russia's Federation Council Committee on International Affairs, told the newspaper Izvestia.
"Ukraine, in fact, is alone in the face of these tensions," he urged Zelensky to hold talks with the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in the Donbass region, where fighting has been going on since 2014.
Separatist republics have heightened their claims that Ukrainian forces are preparing offensive operations in the Donbass.
"If there is a situation of provocation," said Dzhabrov, "then a conflict may break out, which will have serious consequences for both peoples."
The White House has been reached for comment by Newsweek.