US President Joe Biden will convene a meeting of his National Security Council today amid rising tensions with Russia over Ukraine.
The press secretary of the White House, Jen Psaki, reiterated the day before in a statement that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine “at any time”, although Moscow insists that such claims are unfounded and only increase tension.
Psaki also added that the president received an update on the meetings from his deputy, Kamala Harris, who is attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany.
In her opening speech, the number two of the executive mansion threatened a “quick, severe and united” response in the event of Russia’s alleged aggression against Ukraine.
Harris referred to the “far-reaching financial sanctions and export controls” that will be imposed on the Eurasian nation.
“We will target Russia’s financial institutions and key industries,” he said in an undiplomatic tone, emphasizing “make no mistake: the imposition of these radical and coordinated measures will inflict great harm on those who must be held accountable,” the media highlighted here. .
Biden said yesterday that the White House has “all indications” that Russia is prepared to attack Ukraine “in the coming days” and considered the risk of war to be very high.
The newspaper Politico even published that it would be “after February 20”, the probable date for the conflict to break out, although that same media outlet gave the 16th of the month itself as day zero, citing high-level sources.
For Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the West’s news coverage of the “ghost war” against Ukraine is informational terrorism.
Some analysts warned that the United States-Russia-Ukraine issue is just a smokescreen that hides the multiple problems that the Biden administration is going through.
November will be the mid-term elections and Democrats could lose control in both houses of Congress if voters take to the polls their frustration with rising inflation, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and campaign promises still unfulfilled. by the ruling Democrat.
