The US doesn’t consider Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to “invade” Ukraine, Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan mentioned, in wake of Putin’s video-link talks with US President Joe Biden.
“We nonetheless don’t consider that President Putin has decided” to “additional invade” Ukraine, Sullivan informed reporters on the White Home on Tuesday afternoon.
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“What President Biden did right this moment was lay out very clearly the implications if he chooses to maneuver.”
The Biden administration has beforehand accused Moscow of planning an invasion of Ukraine in January, which the Kremlin has rejected as “faux information.”
On Tuesday, Sullivan – who was on the decision with Putin – mentioned the US was able to “fortify our NATO allies on the japanese flank with extra capabilities,” which he didn’t specify, in case Russian troops crossed into Ukraine.
He wouldn’t disclose particular sanctions and measures the US threatened Russia with, however mentioned that “issues we didn’t do in 2014, we’re ready to do now.”
Answering a query concerning the Nord Stream 2 fuel pipeline, which might transport pure fuel from Russia to Germany as soon as it receives approval by regulators in Berlin, Sullivan mentioned that it was not leverage for Putin in the meanwhile, however “leverage for the West” as a substitute. “Fuel is just not at the moment flowing” by Nord Stream 2, Sullivan mentioned, and if Putin desires to see it movement, he’ll chorus from invading Ukraine, he claimed.
