It is still unclear whether Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine. But he had amassed enough strength at the borders to go on the offensive.
The administration of the head of the White House, Joe Biden, is studying options for the potential evacuation of US citizens from Ukraine if Russia invades the country. Writes about it CNN with reference to their sources.
The Pentagon is known to be in charge of contingency planning. This comes at a time when the administration is briefing Congress on how the authorities are preparing.
So, at a briefing for senators, Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland spoke about a package of tough sanctions that the White House is preparing in response to a possible attack by Russia. However, Nuland acknowledged that the US has limited options for deterring the invasion.
US officials stressed that it is still unclear whether Vladimir Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine. But he has accumulated enough forces, equipment and supplies near the borders of a neighboring state to launch an offensive in the shortest possible time.
At the same time, at present, the administration does not see the need to evacuate its citizens – planes are still flying from Ukraine’s international airports, and land borders with Ukraine’s western neighbors are open.
Evacuation discussions are part of the planning for a serious deterioration in the security situation.
Meanwhile, the NATO leadership at an extraordinary meeting discussed the Russian threat.
We will remind, on the eve of the US State Department said that the threat to Ukraine from the Russian Federation is very serious… In the event of an attack, Washington is ready to take measures against Moscow that it refrained from earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned.
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