White House building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Feb. 20 US President Joe Biden receives regular updates on developments in Ukraine, homeland security team says «Russia could launch an attack at any time,» White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said .
"President Biden continues to monitor developments in Ukraine and receives regular updates on developments on the ground from his national security team. They confirmed that Russia could launch an attack on Ukraine at any time,” Psaki said in a statement released by the White House press service.
According to Psaki, on Sunday Biden «will hold a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Ukraine.» The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow are categorically denied and constantly state that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as a pretext to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the USA and NATO on Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes.The head of NATO accused Russia of preparing an «attack» on UkraineStatements that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. At a meeting with Putin, the head of the RF Ministry of Defense reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said on Tuesday that the Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation began returning troops to their places of deployment. The withdrawal of the military to the places of deployment after the exercises is a common practice, there is no novelty, the press secretary of President Peskov told reporters earlier when asked whether the withdrawal of troops means a de-escalation of the situation around Ukraine.
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