US President Joe Biden has said he has no plans to send troops to Ukraine to prevent a possible Russian invasion, but tensions between Washington and Moscow have eased since this week's virtual summit.
According to the French news agency AFP, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Moscow will send proposals regarding the crisis in Ukraine to Washington within a week after the talks with Biden.Speaking to reporters at the White House, Biden said he hoped Moscow's concerns would be announced at a high-level meeting later this week after talks with Russia and NATO allies. Will decrease
The United States has expressed concern about Russia's military buildup near Ukraine, a former Soviet state that has been leaning toward the West since 2014.
Moscow denies attacking Ukraine, warns NATO could move east
Biden said the United States was legally and morally obligated to protect NATO allies in the event of an attack, but that the sanctions did not extend to Ukraine.
When asked if the United States would send troops to Ukraine to stop the Russian invasion, he said "there is no such intention."
He added that "it will depend on whether the NATO countries want to do the same, but the idea that the United States will send troops to Ukraine to prevent a Russian invasion, then no such issue is under consideration." '
President Biden said he had made it clear to Putin in talks on Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine would have "unprecedented" economic consequences.
According to Biden, "I am convinced that Putin understood the message."
