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US response on Ukraine offers little optimism, Russia says

State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) A police officer shows explosives to schoolchildren during a police-organized civilian safety lesson in a city school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The city authorities have launches training for civilians amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) State Department Under Secretary for Public Affairs Victoria J. Nuland speaks during a briefing at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Schoolchildren look at explosives during a police-organized civilian safety lesson in a city school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The city authorities have launches training for civilians amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) Ukrainian servicemen stand in a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) An armed serviceman walks along a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants on the frontline with Ukrainian government forces near Spartak village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has killed over 14,000 people, and efforts to reach a settlement have stalled. Since the conflict began, Russia has been accused of sending troops and weapons to the separatists, something it has denied. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) Ukrainian servicemen carry water supplies for an advanced position on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) A Ukrainian serviceman walks through a trench on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Hennadiy, an Ukrainian serviceman, prepares to exit a bunker on the front line in the Luhansk area, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The U.S. rejection of Russia's main demands to resolve the crisis over Ukraine left "little ground for optimism," the Kremlin said Thursday, but added that dialogue was still possible. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE In this handout photo released by The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. Lavrov said the U.S. response contained some elements that could lead to "the start of a serious talk on secondary issues," but emphasized that "the document contains no positive response on the main issue." Those are Moscow's demands that NATO not expand and that the alliance refrain from deploying weapons that might threaten Russia. (The State Duma, The Federal Assembly of The Russian Federation Press Service via AP, File) FILE Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov speaks to journalists prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the response from the U.S. — and a similar one from NATO — left "little ground for optimism." But he added that "there always are prospects for continuing a dialogue, it's in the interests of both us and the Americans."(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, Russian S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems attend a military drills in Sverdlovsk region, Ural, in Russia. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) FILE Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. All eyes are now on President Vladimir Putin, who will decide how Russia will respond amid fears that Europe could again be plunged into war. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File) A police officer shows explosives to schoolchildren during a police-organized civilian safety lesson in a city school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The city authorities have launches training for civilians amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi shake hands during their meting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Schoolchildren look at explosives during a police-organized civilian safety lesson in a city school in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The city authorities have launches training for civilians amid fears about Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman and the head of the United Russia party speaks attends a meeting in the Gorky residence outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. The statement from Dmitry Medvedev, who is deputy head of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, comes amid tensions over the concentration of an estimated 100,000 Russian troops near Ukraine that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Yekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Queen Margrethe, left, and Crown Prince Frederik, right receive Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in the Knights' Hall in Christian IX's Palace at Amalienborg in Copenhagen, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Kuleba is on a two-day visit to Denmark. (Philip Davali/Ritzau Scanpix via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Su-35S fighter jets taxies after landing on an airfield in Belarus to attend a Russia-Belarus military drills. Russia has launched a series of military drills: Motorized infantry and artillery units in southwestern Russia practiced firing live ammunition, warplanes in Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea performed bombing runs, dozens of warships sailed for training exercises in the Black Sea and the Arctic, and Russian fighter jets and paratroopers arrived in Belarus for joint war games. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses as he speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses as he speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses as he speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, a Russian Il-76 air tanker, top, is refueling a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces during an aerial training in Russian Far East. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) FILE - A serviceman stands holding his machine-gun in a trench on the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants at frontline with Ukrainian government forces in Slavyanoserbsk, Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, Jan. 25, 2022. Soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine are waiting with helpless anticipation to see if war comes. They understand that the decision will be made by people who know little about the lives of those on the eastern front lines. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov, file) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen walk to their position at the frontline with with Russia-backed separatists outside Verkhnotoretske village in Yasynuvata district of Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Dec. 27, 2021. Soldiers and civilians in eastern Ukraine are waiting with helpless anticipation to see if war comes. They understand that the decision will be made by people who know little about the lives of those on the eastern front lines. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko, file) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, the Russian navy's frigate Admiral Essen prepares to sail off for an exercise in the Black Sea. Russia has launched a series of drills amid the tensions over Ukraine and deployed an estimated 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian territory that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, a Russian tanks roll during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, a Russian tanks roll during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) Secretary of State Antony Blinken pauses as he speaks about Russia and Ukraine during a briefing at the State Department on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/Pool via AP) In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, the Russian navy's missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov sails off for an exercise in the Arctic. Russia has launched a series of drills amid the tensions over Ukraine and deployed an estimated 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian territory that fueled Western fears of an invasion. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)