WASHINGTON, 28 February 2022, (TON): US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield called an unacceptable escalation the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin to transfer the deterrence forces in the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty in response to aggressive statements in the West.

Thomas-Greenfield quoted the agency as saying on CBS that this means that President Putin continues to escalate this war in a completely unacceptable manner, and we must continue to stop his actions in the strongest possible way.

The American diplomat said “we will continue here at the UN, as well as around the world, to use all possible levers that we have to expose his actions.”

Thomas-Greenfield noted that she learned about the decision of the Russian leader about the deterrence forces only during an interview from a question from a CBS journalist.

The US Ambassador to the UN said “but I’m not surprised by this information, because Putin has tried every possible means to really scare the world with his actions. It only means that we must step up our efforts here at the UN and elsewhere to hold him accountable.”