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President United States of America (AS), Joe Biden, will soon send a small number of US troops to Eastern Europe amid the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. But authority Russia stressed that he did not want war to happen.
The deployment of US troops is intended to increase the presence of NATO troops in Eastern Europe, especially in the midst of increasing tension after the deployment of the Russian military near the Ukrainian border.
Meanwhile, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, emphasized that his country did not want war, but also stated that Russia would not allow its interests to be ignored.
In addition to this news, here are international news that catch the attention of readers detik.com, today, Saturday (29/1/2022):
– Tensions peak, Biden immediately sends US troops to Eastern Europe
President of the United States (US), Joe Biden, said he would soon send a small number of US troops to increase NATO’s presence in Eastern Europe. The deployment comes amid growing tensions over the deployment of the Russian military near the Ukrainian border.
“I will be moving troops to Eastern Europe and NATO countries in the near future. Not so much,” Biden told reporters in Washington DC after a visit to Philadelphia, as reported by AFP, Saturday (29/1/2022).
The US is known to have tens of thousands of troops assigned to various Western European countries, but the Pentagon is discussing sending a small number of US troops to the tense east.
– Accused of invasion of Ukraine, Russia insists it does not want war
Amid growing tensions over Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, stressed that his country did not want war. But Lavrov also stated that Russia would not allow its interests to be ignored.
As reported AFP, Saturday (29/1/2022), Western countries accused Russia of gathering 100,000 troops near the Ukrainian border and threatened unprecedented sanctions if Russia did invade its neighbor.
“If it depended on Russia, there would be no war. We don’t want war,” Lavrov said in an interview with the heads of four Russian radio stations.
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