Also, they will not send troops to fight on the territory of Ukraine.

Biden addressed the Russians / photo REUTERS

United States President Joe Biden notes that his country does not intend to deploy missiles in Ukraine. 

According to an UNIAN correspondent, Biden said this during an address regarding the situation on the borders of Russia and Ukraine.

Biden clarified that no one threatens Russia.

“Let me make it very clear here what we are not doing: the United States and NATO are not a threat to Russia. Ukraine is not a threat to Russia. Neither the US nor NATO have missiles in Ukraine. We have no plans to place them there either. We We do not target the people of Russia. We do not seek to destabilize Russia,” Biden said.

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At the same time, as Biden said, no one seeks a direct confrontation with Russia, but if Russia targets the Americans in Ukraine, then a decisive reaction will follow.

He also noted that his country would not send troops to fight in Ukraine.

“I will not send American troops to fight in Ukraine. We are supplying the Ukrainian military with equipment to help defend itself. We have provided training, advice and intelligence for the same purpose. And rest assured that the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with all its might.” American power,” Biden said.

He noted that if there is an attack on one of the NATO member countries, then this will mean an attack on all member countries of the Alliance.

Thus, Biden assured of loyalty to Article 5 of the Washington Treaty establishing NATO.

He said the US had already responded to the Russian troop build-up and sent additional US forces to reinforce NATO’s eastern lines.

Russian attack threat

Now Russia has concentrated more than 100,000 troops around Ukraine, whom the West believes it can deploy in a full-scale offensive as early as February.

On February 15, a number of British media, citing anonymous intelligence sources, immediately wrote that the  Russian attack would probably begin at 03:00 Kyiv time  with missile strikes.

At the same time, Russia claims to allegedly  withdraw its forces to the places of permanent deployment , although neither  NATO nor independent experts confirm this.

According to CIT, which investigated the downing of MH17, the Kremlin, on the contrary, deployed additional troops; equipment  is moving towards the Ukrainian border .

(C)UNIAN 2022