Joe Biden Sours Ukraine Ties So Much that White House Sends Kamala Harris to Meet ZelenskyFrances Martel 17 Feb 2022
The White House confirmed Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Munich, Germany, this weekend – a chance to mend ties increasingly strained by President Joe Biden’s loud insistence Zelensky may soon lose his country to Russia.
Much of Western media is currently riveted by concerns that Russia will launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered by Biden announcing that the United States would not intervene in the event of a “minor incursion.” Biden’s remarks occurred at a January press conference in which he said he believed Russian leader Vladimir Putin had already decided that he would launch such an invasion. Alarmed observers noted that the Russian military had stationed tens of thousands of troops in Russian and Belarusian territories surrounding Ukraine.
Zelensky attempted to calm the climate following Biden’s “minor incursion” remarks by noting that the number of Russian troops near Ukraine during the same time period in 2021 was not significantly different. He has also highlighted that, when he has attempted to alert the world of actual imminent threats to his country in the past, such as his revelation of an alleged coup plot against him in November, the world largely ignored him.
Zelensky and Putin has since engaged in two extended phone calls about the situation that have led to reports of personal conflict and mixed messages from the White House and the office of the Ukrainian president.
An unnamed senior Biden administration official confirmed on Wednesday that Harris would be attending the Munich Security Conference in that city this weekend and a sideline meeting with Zelensky was on her schedule.
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