President Joe Biden may meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this week, following a meeting of their foreign ministers, if an attack on Ukraine has not occurred by then, the White House announced late Sunday.
to choose a place where the two leaders could meet to try to resolve the crisis. There was no immediate response from the Kremlin.
Vice President Kamala Harris boards her plane to Washington from the Munich International Airport on Feb. 20, 2022, after attending the Munich Security Conference.Separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization Saturday and sent more civilians to Russia, which has issued about 700,000 passports to residents of the rebel-held territories. Claims that Russian citizens are endangered might be used as justification for military action.
A U.S. military official said 40% to 50% of Russian ground forces have moved into attack positions closer to the border. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal U.S. assessments, said the change has been underway for about a week and does not necessarily mean Putin has settled on an invasion.
Ukraine and the separatist leaders traded accusations of escalation. Russia said Saturday that at least two shells fired from a government-held part of eastern Ukraine landed across the border, but Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba dismissed that claim as "a fake statement."
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