Biden warns Putin there would be 'severe costs' of a Ukraine invasion
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but “equally prepared for other scenarios,” the White House said Saturday. It offered no suggestion that the hourlong call diminished the threat of an imminent war in Europe.
The conversation came at a critical moment for what has become the biggest security crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. U.S. officials believe they have mere days to prevent an invasion and enormous bloodshed in Ukraine. And while the U.S.
Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s top foreign policy aide, said that while tensions have been escalating for months, in recent days"the situation has simply been brought to the point of absurdity.” In a sign that American officials are getting ready for a worst-case scenario, the United States announced plans to evacuate most of its staff from the embassy in the Ukrainian capital. Britain joined other European nations in urging its citizens to leave Ukraine.
“We are ready to meet the enemy, and not with flowers, but with Stingers, Javelins and NLAWs” - anti-tank and -aircraft weapons, they said. “Welcome to hell!” The U.S. has urged all American citizens in Ukraine to leave the country immediately, and Sullivan said those who remain should not expect the U.S. military to rescue them in the event that air and rail transportation is severed after a Russian invasion.
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