The US president makes a strong oral statement in a new interview.
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US authorities asks all US citizens to leave Ukraine immediately due to the “increased threat from Russia”. Those who are in Ukraine should leave now.
President Joe Biden repeats the message in an interview with NBC.
– American citizens should leave now, he says in the interview where parts are published night to Friday.
– It is not as if we are dealing with a terrorist organization. We have one of the largest military forces in the world. It is a fairly different situation, and can go wrong quickly, he says.
When asked what it takes for Biden to send troops into Ukraine to evacuate Americans, he replies that it will not happen:
– It will be a world war when the USA and Russia start shooting at each other, he says.
According to the United States, the Russians can carry out a full-scale invasion with tanks that can reach the capital Kiev within 48 hours. In the interview, Biden says that “if Putin is stupid enough to go in, then he is smart enough not to do anything that negatively affects American citizens.”
– Did you tell him that? asks host Holt.
– Yes, Biden answers before Holt follows up with:
– You told him that American citizens, it is a limit he should not exceed?
– I did not have to tell him. I’ve talked about it, he knows it, Biden answers.
The Ukraine conflict has not come close to a solution this week. Yesterday it was announced that Russia and Belarus are training for war, right on the border with Ukraine. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has described this as a “dangerous moment”.
Vladimir Putin meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron nor did anything concrete come out of it.
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