Biden is sending 3,000 troops to Poland and is preparing to talk to Putin
Western Ukraine in recent days and Russia is concerned that the crisis could turn into an open conflict
President Cho Biden NATO has ordered the deployment of an additional 3,000 US troops in allied Poland.
Western Ukraine in recent days and Russia is concerned that the crisis could turn into an open conflict.
The Pentagon said in a statement on February 11 that, The force will join 1,700 US troops in Poland “early next week”:
“This additional force of 5,000 people is capable of carrying out numerous missions and high mobility and has flexibility. The purpose of these forces is ours NATO our allies NATOis to make sure that a possible aggression on the eastern flank is repulsed. This force has been trained together with the armed forces of the host country.
Russia has enough power to attack
Earlier, on February 11, the White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan he said that, Russia now has enough power for a major military operation on the Ukrainian border.
He said it was probable that, This attack will potentially cause the death of civilians and can start with missile strikes.
Meanwhile, NATO Secretary General in Romania Yens Stoltenberg He warned of the “threat of armed conflict in Europe.”
The United States will soon visit Romania 1000 troops will be sent. The delivery of US armored vehicles to Romania continues from February 9.
The initiative came from Washington
The Kremlin announced on February 11 that, on February 12 Russia presidents Vladimir Putinin Presidents Co Biden and Emmanuel MacronThere will be phone conversations.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov he also said that, Putin and Biden The initiative for the telephone conversation came from Washington.
Biden and Putin They last spoke on the phone last December.
Earlier this month, they also met in video format.
The last face-to-face meeting of the two presidents was held in June 2021 in Geneva.
President of France Emmanuel Macron said during a visit to Moscow this week that, After his visit to Ukraine, he will talk to Vladimir Putin again.
Source: RFE / RL
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