US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 1 US President Joe Biden said that if the US or its allies are not attacked, Washington will not be directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine. «We are not looking for a war between NATO and Russia … Until the United States or our allies are attacked, we will not be directly involved in this conflict, either by sending American troops to fight in Ukraine or by attacking Russian forces,» Biden said in an article published in the New York Times. Biden noted, that the United States does not encourage Ukraine to strike outside its borders. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, as of March 25, they have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
