Joe Biden Calls Vladimir Putin Again to Warn of ‘Severe Costs’ if Russia Invades Ukraine
Joe Biden phoned Vladimir Putin from the presidential retreat at Camp David and the call lasted about an hour.
Joe Biden phoned Vladimir Putin from the presidential retreat at Camp David and the call lasted about an hour.
Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that President Joe Biden “masterfully pulled together” NATO to block Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading Ukraine.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway’s central bank governor at the end of the year, officials said Friday.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin held a summit with Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which Putin is technically banned from, on Friday.
Ukrainian participation in NATO should be “off the table,” according to retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who warned that President Joe Biden had to be willing to “take the political heat” of acceding to the reality that NATO will never allow Ukraine to join — thus allaying Russia’s main concern — and potentiality averting a war that would not accomplish any American national security objectives.
President Joe Biden on Friday announced plans to send U.S. troops to Eastern Europe “in the near term” amid increasing tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Wang Yi demanded his American counterpart Antony Blinken respect “Russia’s reasonable concerns” in Ukraine during a phone conversation Wednesday, formally inserting China into tensions between Moscow and Washington over the former Soviet state.
Michael Savage said Biden is “wagging the dog” by entering into a potentially major conflict with Russia and the U.S. has “zero national interest” in Ukraine.
Russian Ambassador to China Andrey Denisov said on Tuesday that even though China is not directly involved in negotiations with the U.S. and NATO over the fate of Ukraine, “our Chinese friends are paying close attention to the talks.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly asked President Joe Biden to impose sanctions on Russia before an invasion begins, and has been denied every time.
Russia warned Wednesday “retaliatory measures” are ready if the U.S. and its NATO allies reject its security demands for the Ukraine border and continue their “aggressive” policies, entirely ignoring U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and her threats of direct action just 24 hours earlier.
Ryan Zinke slammed Biden for weakness in handling foreign policy amid yet another international crisis, this time with Russia and Ukraine.
Monday, during Hugh Hewitt’s nationally syndicated radio broadcast, Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) reacted to the ongoing heightened situation between Russia and Ukraine, which some are suggesting will end with Russia invading Ukraine.
Austin has put 8,500 American troops on “heightened alert” in case they need to deploy as part of a NATO readiness force.
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier strike group was heading for the Mediterranean on Sunday amid rising tensions between the West and Russia.
Europe’s security could be under threat as security scanners in sensitive spots were revealed Thursday to have been manufactured by a Chinese Communist Party-backed company.
The Biden administration said Wednesday an additional $200 million in unspecified defensive military aid is on its way to Ukraine as Russia issued demands for sweeping security guarantees in the troubled region.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that there will be ‘massive consequences” if Russia invades Ukraine.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) – The NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo said Saturday that a participating soldier from North Macedonia has died.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday that it would withdraw 10,000 troops from the border of Ukraine, where roughly 100,000 troops are massed, prompting worldwide fears of a Russian invasion.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has warned Russia that if they invade Ukraine then they will face “severe consequences”.
Australia is ditching its entire fleet of European-made Taipan battlefield helicopters for 40 Sikorsky Black Hawks and 12 Seahawks from the United States. Canberra confirmed Friday the $U.S.10 billion switch will be made as quickly as possible.
Joe Biden’s staff did not permit journalists to witness the beginning of the call or take pictures of the event, but they issued a readout afterward.
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will share a video call Tuesday as tensions between the United States and Russia simmer over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukraine border.
President Joe Biden dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “red line” Ukraine remarks, saying “I won’t accept anybody’s red line.”
Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov warned on Friday that Russia now has over 94,000 troops massed along the border and could be plotting an invasion before the end of January 2022.
Alexander Lukashenko is using migrants as “siege” weapons against Europe to “save his skin”, a Lithuanian MP has told Breitbart News.
A Lithuanian MP said “communism is a plague” after the latest round of threats from Beijing over the opening of a de-facto Taiwan embassy.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has told the BBC that it is “absolutely possible” that his forces are helping Middle Eastern migrants break through the eastern borders of the EU and NATO, and that he will not be looking into it.
Estonia is sending soldiers to help Poland secure its border against an onslaught of Middle Eastern migrants attempting to break into the European Union via Alexander Lukashenko’s Belarus.
The British government is sending some 150 military personnel to guard against not the illegal migrant influx to Britain, but to the European Union member-state of Poland.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has affirmed his support for Turkey becoming a member state of the European Union.
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that his country hopes to increase defense cooperation with NATO ally Spain through the purchase of a second aircraft carrier and possibly a submarine.
The Polish government has released footage purporting to show child migrants being “prepped” to look sympathetic for the media.
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), on Monday demanded honest answers from Moscow about the “large and unusual concentration” of Russian forces massing along the Ukrainian border.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki stated on Sunday that his country was in talks with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia over invoking NATO Article 4 as the migrant crisis with Belarus continues. Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg joined the ranks of leaders maximizing the January 6 riot drama by referring to the day as an “attack” on democratic values.
Clashes between predominantly Iraqi and Afghan migrants bussed to the European Union’s frontier by Belarus and Polish forces may be repeated as numbers swell at crossing points once again.
EU foreign ministers are expected Monday to decide to expand sanctions against Belarus to include airlines, travel agents and individuals.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Polish authorities reported Sunday that a group of migrants who tried to cross the border from Belarus attacked Polish police officers with stones, hitting one in the helmet.