Biden Tells Ukraine Leader US Will ‘Respond Decisively’ if Russia Invades
Staff Writer With AFP January 2, 2022
US President Joe Biden on Sunday reassured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky that Washington “will respond decisively” if Russia moves to invade its pro-Western neighbor, the White House said in a statement.
With a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s borders, Biden “made clear” to Zelensky during a phone call that the “United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.
The show of US support for Ukraine comes days after Biden warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of severe consequences if Moscow launches a military invasion.
In his call with Zelensky, Biden also stressed Washington’s commitment “to the principle of ‘nothing about you without you,'” in an apparent reference to the need to include Ukraine in negotiations about its own future.
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