Biden discusses tensions over Ukraine with Western leaders today

On Friday, US President Joe Biden will hold talks via videoconference with the leaders of some Western countries regarding the current escalation in Ukraine.

And the “Washington Post” newspaper confirmed that Biden will, during the virtual meeting, discuss Russia’s mobilization of forces on Ukraine’s borders with Western leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Citing European sources, the agency “Agence France Presse” confirmed that the leaders of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, the European Union and NATO participated in the talks.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office announced that he would attend the virtual meeting.

Meanwhile, US Vice President Kamala Harrisin He is scheduled to meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and representatives from the Baltic states in Germany, where he attended the Munich Security Conference.

This comes after Biden told reporters that the risk of a “Russian invasion” of Ukraine remains “very high” and that this could happen in the next few days, although Moscow has repeatedly denied plans to attack Ukraine and announced the start of the attack. Withdrawal of forces from Ukraine.Borders with this country after the end of military exercises.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a news conference in Warsaw today with his Polish counterpart, Mariusz Blasak, that more Russian forces are moving towards Ukraine’s borders, despite Moscow’s announcement that it has begun to withdraw.

This comes against the background of the escalation of military tensions in the Donbass region, which the government of Kiev on the one hand, and the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics on the other, accuse of violating the Minsk agreements and ceasefire regime. .

Source: “Washington Post” + “AFP”