The President of the United States, Joe Biden, on Tuesday reiterated to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, that Washington will respond with “strong economic measures” and of another type before a possible military escalation in Ukraine.
In a video call in which both leaders have addressed the situation in Ukraine, in the context of growing tensions, Biden has transferred his Russian counterpart “deep concern” generated in the United States and its allied countries by the growing deployment of Russian military forces on their border with Ukraine.
Likewise, Biden has insisted on Washington’s support for the “sovereignty” and “territorial integrity” of Ukraine, while calling for the “de-escalation” of tensions and returning to the path of diplomacy, according to a statement released by the House. White. In this sense, both leaders have agreed to their teams to “monitor” the situation, something that the United States will do “in close coordination” with its “allies and partners.”
For its part, the Russian president told his US counterpart that it is NATO It is not Russia that is responsible for the current military tension around Ukraine, according to the Kremlin. “It is not necessary to put all the responsibility on the shoulders of Russia, since it is precisely NATO that makes dangerous attempts to colonize Ukrainian territory and increases its military potential on our borders,” says the official note.
Putin thus responded to Biden’s claims about the supposedly “threatening” nature of Russian troop movements near Ukrainian borders and the sanctions that the US and its allies are willing to adopt in the event of a Russian attack on Ukraine.
Therefore, Putin assured that “Russia is seriously interested in obtaining reliable guarantees, legally established, that exclude the expansion of NATO to the east and the deployment of offensive weapons systems in neighboring countries of Russia. “
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