Russian President Vladimir Putin, Biden is sure, hopes that he will be able to “separate the NATO countries, separate the eastern flank from the western, divide the nations,” but he is mistaken: the alliance is one. At the same time, NATO has repeatedly stated that they are not going to send troops to Ukraine because of the fear of a confrontation with Russia.
The American president met with his Polish counterpart in Warsaw. Leaders discussed efforts to impose sanctions pressure on Russia because of its actions in Ukraine. Countries are committed to continuing to support Kiev and the Ukrainian people. Biden thanked Duda for opening the door for Poland to Ukrainian refugees and pledged support for humanitarian aid efforts.
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In addition, the American leader spoke with Ukrainian refugees and Meets with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov “for the latest information on the military, diplomatic and humanitarian situation.” The meeting was attended by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, with whom their Ukrainian counterparts had spoken earlier.
Biden has previously said that Putin “from the very beginning” is trying to do everything to destroy NATO. In his opinion, it is preferable for the Russian president to deal with 30 independent countries than with 30 united countries.
Putin suggested imagining that Ukraine has joined NATO, and Article 5 has not been repealed. “Recently, Mr. Biden said that Article 5 is an absolute imperative and will be fulfilled. This means that a military confrontation will arise between Russia and NATO,” he said in early February. Then Putin asked the NATO countries: “Do you want to fight with Russia?”
On February 24, Putin launched a military operation in Ukraine to “demilitarize” and “denazify” the neighboring country.