The US president predicts an attack on Ukraine and the capital, Kiev, “in the next few days”
Despite the statement, he insists that “there is still time for diplomacy”
For the second time this week the US President Joe Biden He appeared before the cameras this Friday to speak to the nation about the Ukraine crisis. For the first time in his public statements, the president has expressed his conviction that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade the country.
“In this moment, I’m convinced that you have already made up your mindWe have reason to believe it & rdquor ;, Biden said in a brief speech, a conviction that he later reiterated when asked by the press.
Despite this statement that “Russian forces plan to attack Ukraine in the next week, the next few days“, and even specify that Washington believes that “the attack will aim to capital of Ukraine, Kiev & rdquor ;, Biden has also insisted on keeping the door open to a diplomatic solution to the crisis. “Until you don’t (invade) ldiplomacy is always a possibility“, Said the Democrat, who has said that “Russia can still choose diplomacy & rdquor; and that” it is not too late to de-escalate and return to the negotiating table”.
As Anthony Blinken, his Secretary of State to the UN, did two days ago, Biden has justified talking about Russia’s alleged plans, for which neither of them has offered specific evidence. “We clearly and repeatedly denounce them not because we want a conflict but because we are doing everything in our power to eliminate any reason that Russia may give to justify invading Ukraine & rdquor ;, he has said.
Blinken and the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrovhas agreed to meet next week, the day 24 specifically, in Europe. But Biden has warned that “if (Russia) takes military action before it will be clear that they have closed the door to diplomacy, they have chosen war and they will pay a high price.”
Conversations with allies
Biden’s appearance has come after he maintained two telephone conversations with representatives of the Democratic and Republican parties in Congress and with leaders of France, the United Kingdom and Germany.
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In his words, the American has also denounced ceasefire violations of Russian-backed fighters and the spread of “more and more misinformation in the last days & rdquor; to portray Ukraine as an aggressor. Specifically, it has denounced “false accusations of a genocide in Donbas” and “alerts about fabricated allegations of an attack by Ukraine on Russia & rdquor ;. He has also denounced the information that points to the possibility of Ukraine launching a “massive & rdquor; in the Donbas. “It defies all logic to believe that Ukrainians would choose this moment, with more than 150,000 military personnel on its borders, to escalate a conflict that lasts for years & rdquor ;.
Asked about the nuclear exercises that Putin is going to attend this weekend, Biden has analyzed that “he is focused on trying to convince the world that he has the capacity to changing dynamics in Europe in a way that can not”.