President Joe Biden said Wednesday that sending troops to Ukraine is “not on the table” after his high-stakes virtual summit with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.
Biden told reporters, according to The Hill newspaper, that while the United States has a “moral obligation and a legal obligation” to its NATO partners if they are attacked under Article 5, that obligation does not extend to Ukraine, which is not a member but has pushed to join the alliance.
Biden told Putin Tuesday that the United States and its allies are prepared to apply potentially crippling economic sanctions against Russia if it invaded Ukraine. Some have feared such an attack could happen after Russia has stationed about 100,000 soldiers at the border it shared with Ukraine.
“I made it very clear if, in fact, he invades Ukraine there will be severe consequences like none he has ever seen,” Biden said.
Putin said at the meeting that he considers Ukraine’s entrance into NATO as a threat to Russia’s national security. He said that would guarantee a military response from the communist country.
“We are concerned over the prospects of Ukraine’s possible accession to NATO, as it will definitely result in the deployment of military contingents, bases, and weapons posing a threat to us,” Putin said, according to state-run TASS.
He said such NATO moves like missile defense systems in Poland and Romania have concerned the Kremlin.
“We have every reason to believe that the same will happen if Ukraine joins NATO, but on the Ukrainian soil,” Putin said. “How can we not think about it, it would be a criminal omission from our side: witnessing impotently what happens.”
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As soon as he turns to face America you will see the greatest coward of all time! A feeble, half witted, out of touch, evil, spineless coward. When he faces God on judgement day I wonder if he’ll turn and walk away!
he will be unable to speak or move when he faces God on the day of his second death. he will be immediately thrust into the Lake of Fire, for eternity. He will be in the company of all communist/democrats.
That is a good thing because he is no Commander-In-Chief and Milley and company aren’t worth a damn leading the Military. That is a huge embarrassment we would do well to avoid.
BECAUSE of all 3 of them, our military is the laughing stock of the world.
Ukraine should not feel alone this idiot turned his back on America on Jan. 6 and has not looked back.
ukraine has not fulfilled the accord that was signed between Ukraine France and Germany. it was supposed to talk to Donbass /east ukraine who are all Russians and sort out how they will co habit. You guys don’t know squat of all the things that went on there and how they stole lots of the gas from the pipe that runs from Russia to supply Europe. They also for years did not pay for their own gas to Russia. Now they are worried that russia will not use this pipeline anymore and therefore won’t pay Ukraineanymore transfer fees. So they try to stir up things, then go and beg Europeans to do something about it.
You guys can actually thank A president like Putin, who has always kept a cool head to avoid a silly but devastating war for Russia AND Europe AND US. This is actually the FIRST good thing Biden has managed
The entire political structure, seems to have turned its back on WE AMERICANS..