US President Joe BidenWASHINGTON, Jan 23US President Joe Biden discussed Russia and the situation around Ukraine with the national security team, the White House press pool said. «Biden met with representatives of the national security team in person and virtually at Camp David to discuss Russia's ongoing aggressive actions against Ukraine,» the White House press pool reports. It says that Biden was briefed on the current state of the «operation of the Russian military on the border of Ukraine.» In addition, the event discussed ongoing efforts to de-escalate the situation and ongoing diplomatic measures. Biden's homeland security officer Jake Sullivan, some members of the board connected over a closed circuit. The event again discussed the «consequences for the Russian Federation» in the event of an aggravation of the situation around Ukraine, the press pool reports. Earlier, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that Blinken would report to Biden on the outcome of the meeting with Lavrov on Saturday. In Geneva on January 21, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken held a meeting. It was the third meeting of the heads of foreign affairs agencies. The first took place in Reykjavik in May on the sidelines of the Arctic Council ministerial meeting. The second one was in Stockholm in December on the sidelines of the OSCE ministerial meeting. Russia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of «aggressive actions», stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as a pretext, to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted earlier that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called the British statement on Ukraine disinformation
