U.S. President Joe Biden during a special address WASHINGTON Feb 17US President Joe Biden said that the risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine remains. «It could happen within a few days,» he told reporters. According to him, the Kremlin not only did not withdraw troops from the border, but also pulled additional formations there. We have reason to believe that they are conducting a false flag operation in order to have an excuse to enter,» the American president added. >The West counts Russia's defeat due to non-appearance for war. The possibility of such a scenario, Biden called «very high», but made it clear that the ways for a diplomatic settlement of the crisis remain. In recent months, the United States and NATO accuse Russia of preparing an attack on Ukraine and increase their presence in Eastern Europe. Moscow rejects all claims, emphasizing that they are moving troops within their territories, and also reminds that they do not participate in the intra-Ukrainian conflict and do not violate any agreements, unlike Kiev, which does not comply with the Minsk agreements. The document provides for a ceasefire and withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact. Now the Ukrainian authorities have concentrated more than half of the army personnel on the border with the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR and are regularly shelling the militias, including using prohibited equipment. >The American media has named new dates for Russia's «invasion» of UkraineThe Kremlin and the Foreign Ministry have repeatedly indicated that the goal of stuffing «about aggression» is to build up a foreign group near Russian borders. They also explained that the main reason for the escalation is the actions of the United States and NATO, which are «pumping» Ukraine with weapons, thereby pushing it towards military adventures. Against this background, at the end of last year, Moscow handed over draft documents on security guarantees to Brussels and Washington. Russia insists on ending the bloc's military cooperation with the post-Soviet countries, refusing to create bases on their territory, limiting the deployment of strike weapons near the Russian border, removing American nuclear weapons from Europe and not expanding NATO to the east. At the end of January, Russia received a written response. The Foreign Ministry said that Western partners ignored the most important issue — the non-expansion of the alliance.
