Biden considers the risk of Russian invasion of Ukraine in the coming days "very high"
17:38, 17 February
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US President Joe Biden told reporters that the risk of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine in a few days is very high.
This повідомляє by the Associated Press.
According to the head of the White House, the United States sees no signs of withdrawal of Russian troops from the border with Ukraine. Washington has reason to believe that Russia is preparing a provocative operation ("foreign-flagged operation") to provoke an invasion.
"I have a feeling that this will happen in the coming days," the US president said when asked by reporters whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would attack.
What is known
- The Russian Defense Ministry stated that the Russian armed forces had completed military exercises, and units began to return to their permanent locations.
- British Foreign Secretary Liz Trass has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an attempt to undermine Western unity, could prolong the current crisis for weeks, if not months.
- The North Atlantic Alliance has so far seen no signs of de-escalation by Russia on the Ukrainian border.
- The American company Maxar has taken new satellite images that show the growth of Russian troopsnear the borders of Ukraine, in the temporarily occupied Crimea and Belarus.
- Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said that the Russian Federation continues to militarize the temporarily occupied Crimea, but the formation of strike groups ready for the offensive is not observed there.
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