US President Joe Biden WASHINGTON Feb 2US President Joe Biden said the decision to deploy US forces to Europe is fully in line with what he previously told Russian President Vladimir Putin, a CNN journalist reports. «Biden told me that his decision to deploy troops is «fully consistent» with what he told Putin from the very beginning,» journalist Kaitlan Collins said on Twitter.The State Department confirmed the authenticity of the publication in Pais with the response of the US and NATO «If he acts aggressively, we will do everything to convince our NATO partners in Eastern Europe that we are, and Article 5 (North Atlantic Treaty, Collective Security — ed.) is a sacred duty,» the journalist quotes the words of the American president. Earlier, the Pentagon announced that the United States was sending additional troops to Europe amid the escalation of the crisis around Ukraine. According to Pentagon assurances, they will be in allied European countries on a temporary basis and with the consent of the host countries. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about «Russian aggression» are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that statements The West about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it is both ridiculous and dangerous. 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 bother anyone.
