The US-UK-France-Germany talks on the Ukrainian crisis are taking place in Berlin today.
Kiev would be "shocked" in the meantime by Biden's words, according
to CNN: Ukrainian officials have read in the words of the US president a green light for Russia to invade.
The White House clarifies: any border crossing will have a
"hard and united response from the allies"
.
A new summit with Putin is "a possibility," says Biden.
KIEV -
President
Vlodymyr Zelensky
declares in a video that "Europe's global security is impossible without the restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
The country fears an invasion of Russia, while the eastern territories of the Donbass are in the hands of pro-Russian separatist militias.
MOSCOW -
The Kremlin has criticized US President Joe Biden for declaring that "it will be a disaster for Russia if it invades Ukraine".
According to the spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitri Peskov, such statements "can
facilitate the destabilization
of the situation".
BERLIN -
"We agree that the only way is the political one, this way is through dialogue".
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said this in Berlin with Antony Blinken about the crisis in Ukraine.
"Unfortunately Russia speaks another language and military activities are increasing," he adds.
The United States
approved the Baltic countries' request to send American weapons to Ukraine amid
the threat of a Russian military offensive, a State Department official said on the sidelines of the Berlin summit.
LONDON -
A hypothetical Russian military action in Ukraine would be
"a disaster" for Moscow, but also for the entire planet
.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this, reiterating for the umpteenth time the warning addressed together with Western allies against the Kremlin.
"If Russia were to make a foray into Ukraine, of any magnitude, I think it would be a disaster, and not just for Russia, it would be a disaster for the world," said Johnson, adding that "the UK remains firmly aligned. for Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity.