Russo-Ukrainian War
US Military Aid has arrived in Ukraine. The Baltic States will send Missiles to Kiev
US military aid arrived in Ukraine on Friday night, the US Embassy in Kiev stated. The delivery is part of a package of defense aid approved in December and comes amid a gathering of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine.
U.S. State Department: "Beware, Russia is planning military action"
Dramatic news is coming from Ukraine about a new possible war in Europe.
Earlier in the day, Fox News reported that the families of the staff of the U.S. Embassy in Kiev were ordered to start leaving the country on Monday.
U.S. State Department did not confirm that.
NATO Dismisses Russian Demand to Withdraw from Romania, Bulgaria
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoana on Friday rejected Russia's "anachronistic" demand for the Atlantic alliance to withdraw from Romania and Bulgaria, members since 2007.
UK seeks unity at G7 meeting over Russia’s 'malign behavior'
Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized nations met on Dec. 11 in Liverpool for talks dominated by Russia's buildup of troops near Ukraine's border and what host country Britain called Moscow's "malign behavior" around the world.
NATO angry at Biden? "It requires urgent clarification"
In an article by "Bloomberg", which refers to an unnamed diplomat, the agency states that Washington's position on that issue "infuriated the government of one of those countries".
"They demand an urgent clarification of what President Biden is planning," the source said.
Putin: "Genocide"
He said that the population in the war-torn east of Ukraine, a zone that is currently at the center of new tensions between Moscow and the West, was affected by "Russophobia", which, in his words, is "the first step towards genocide".
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"To send an army to Ukraine if the Russians attack? That's not an option."
"That option is not on the table. The idea that the United States will use force unilaterally to confront Russia in the event of its invasion of Ukraine is currently unrealistic. But if that invasion happens, there will be serious consequences," Biden told reporters outside the White House, reports the Voice of America.
The Biden-Putin Video Meeting: Two Hours of Mutual Warnings
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin talked for about two hours on a secure video link on Tuesday amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine, world media reported.
Biden-Putin talks yield no breakthrough in Ukraine tensions
President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin were still far apart after two hours of talks on the escalating crisis caused by Russia's massing of tens of thousands of troops near its border with Ukraine.
Details of the conversation came to the surface - Biden threatened, Putin responded
He warned of "strong economic and other countermeasures" that would follow if Moscow starts a military conflict, the White House said.