Pres. Joe Biden will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday—their second conversation this month amid heightened fears of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
A look at how Russian President Vladimir Putin maintains control over the country and critics like Alexey Navalny.President Joe Biden will speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday -- their second conversation this month amid heightened fears of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Sanctions and other penalties have not brought that conflict to an end, with approximately 14,000 people killed and Russian-led separatists still fighting Ukrainian forces. U.S. officials say it's unclear if Putin has decided to attack again in an all-out invasion, but Biden has already made clear U.S. forces will not come to Kyiv's aid on the battlefield.
After those meetings, NATO will hold a meeting with Russia on Jan. 12, while the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a key security forum that has deployed a war monitor in eastern Ukraine, will hold a session Jan. 13. "It's about us. This is not simply the case for two states, i.e. America and Russia, or NATO and Russia -- even if Moscow imagines it," he added in the interview, published Wednesday.
Zelenskiy tweeted that he was assured of"full" U.S. support"in countering Russian aggression." U.S. officials have already publicly rebuked Russia's demand heading into talks -- that Ukraine be barred from NATO membership, saying the Western alliance's military activity in former Soviet states threatens Russia.
Amid that heightened threat, the U.S. embassy in Kyiv is making"emergency preparations" in case it evacuates non-emergency personnel or diplomats' families, according to internal emails obtained by ABC News.
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