US President Joe Biden and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a 62-minute phone call to discuss the Ukraine crisis.
File photo of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin (Photo: India Today)
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have concluded a call to discuss the crisis in Ukraine as the White House says intelligence shows Russia could invade on short notice.
The call lasted 62 minutes, according to the White House.
Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russian troops that have massed near Ukraine’s borders.
The US picked up intelligence that Russia is looking at Wednesday as a target date for an invasion, according to a US official familiar with the findings. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly and did so only on condition of anonymity, would not say how definitive the intelligence was.
The White House says publicly that the US does not know with certainty whether Putin is committed to an invasion. Russia denies it intends to launch an offensive against Ukraine.
Read | Russia accuses West of spreading disinformation after US warns of Ukraine invasion
Read | US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears
Click here for IndiaToday.in’s complete coverage of the coronavirus pandemic.
एक टिप्पणी भेजें