Splendor: Biden warns Russian invasion of Ukraine in February

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has warned that there is a clear “ ” that Russia can invade Ukraine next month, the White House said.

President Biden made these comments during a telephone conversation he held Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

“President Biden said there is a clear possibility that the Russians can invade Ukraine in February”, said Emily Horne, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council.

He said this publicly and we've been warning about this for months of”, she added, broadcast the BBC.

During this conversation, Beden has <x0-cyrriated the willingness of the United States and the allies and partners to respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine”, it was said in the statement issued by the White House.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said that with President Beden, “has been discussed over recent diplomatic efforts to reinforce the situation and we agreed to joint actions in the future”.

Gathering over 100,000 Russian troops along the Ukrainian border has raised concerns that Moscow is preparing to invade Ukraine.

Russia denies it is planning an attack.

Last month, Russia presented security requirements for NATO and the United States sought written answers. The main requirements were Ukraine's ban on membership in NATO and that the military alliance is not expanded from the east.

But on January 26, through a letter sent to the Russian government, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken refused Russia's request that Kiev be forbidden to join the military alliance in the future. However, the US offered “on a serious diplomatic path” for resolving the crisis.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that despite having left little room for optimism, adding that “always has the potential to continue dialogue and is in our interest and the interest of Americans”.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the US formal answer does not address Russia's “main concern” over NATO enlargement.

On January 28th, Blinken, in an interview for Radio Free Europe, warned Russia of “mass consequences” if it invades Ukraine.

We will do everything we can to make it clear to Moscow that there are two ways ahead: the path of diplomacy and dialogue to resolve differences peacefully or the path of aggression, if that is what she chooses, will follow the massive”, Blinken said.

He also defended the decision to withdraw part of the American Embassy staff in Kiev and their families and the demand that Americans consider leaving Ukraine. He said this decision was made to care for the safety of American citizens. / REL/