Before the briefing, Biden called partner countries.
US President Joe Biden gave an urgent speech on Russia's troop buildup on the border with Ukraine. The speech took place on Friday, February 18, around midnight (Kyiv time), Khronika.info reports with reference to novyny.live
Biden's main theses:
- «Everything that is happening now& #8212; we warned about this», the President of the United States said.
- In his opinion, they are trying to provoke Kiev in the Donbass, and the DPR and LPR violated the ceasefire.
- Biden believes that Russia has surrounded Ukraine from its side and from Belarus, and over the next weeks they will attack Kiev.
- The head of the United States noted the increase in the amount of disinformation from the separatists: «We see a lot of disinformation from the separatists, to lead Ukraine to provocations».
- However, he noted that Russia has a choice, so it is not too late to return to the negotiating table.
- Biden is confident that Putin has decided on further steps against Ukraine and the decision to invade has already been made.
- Biden believes that Zelensky's decision to fly to Munich «might not be the wisest»,