The US considers sending troops to Kiev "to protect the
American embassy".
While Moscow says it is ready to resume
talks with Ukraine.
"Only Kiev has the right to decide
its future", says Polish President Duda after "rumors in
Europe that Ukraine should give in to some
of Putin's demands".
The Russian president receives Lukashenko today.
Military escalation in the Donbass.
The Kremlin launches the attack
on the Lugansk region.
France freezes Zelensky on
EU membership: "It will take 15-20 years".
The Ukrainian president will be
in Davos today for the World Economic Forum.
With the war, the
number of displaced people in the world exceeds 100 million,
The Pentagon and the US State Department are considering the possibility of sending special forces to protect the US embassy in Kiev.
Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told The Washington Post confirming the Wall Street Journal's advances.
"We are examining the security conditions" of the diplomatic office in Ukraine "but no decision has been taken," Kirby stressed.
The Wall Street Journal revealed that US military officials and diplomats are considering sending special forces to protect the US embassy in the Ukrainian capital, which has just reopened.
The proposal has not yet been presented to US President Joe Biden, the sources point out.
If the decision were to be made, the presence of US troops in Ukraine would escalate from Biden's initial promise that no American soldiers would set foot in Ukraine.
The Russian frigate Admiral Makarov has left Sevastopol and heads for positions in the Black Sea. This was announced by the Ukrainian army, quoted by the Kyiv Independent.
The 'Southern' operational command believes that this shift increases the likelihood of missile attacks on Ukraine.
Russian forces bombed the district of Kryvyi Rih, in the eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk last night: the head of the regional military administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, announced it on Telegram, according to reports from the Ukrinform agency.
"Last night there was an endless air alert. In most of the districts everything was fine. In the district of Kryvyi Rih they bombed again. The enemy hit the community of Apostolove twice with (multiple missile launchers, ed. ) Uragan MLRS, "wrote Reznichenko.
For the moment there are no casualties or injuries reported.
Meanwhile, more than 150 bodies have been found by the Ukrainian state emergency service under the rubble in the city of Kharkiv (east) since the beginning of the Russian invasion: the deputy head of the service, Anatolii Torianyk said, according to the Kyiv Independent. .
So far, Torianyk added, 98 people have been rescued.
Russia must pay "a long-term price" for attacking Ukraine with an action aimed at "destroying Ukraine's identity".
US President Joe Biden said this, speaking at a press conference in Tokyo with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida after their summit.
"It is the cost of those who want to change the assets with the use of force," he added.
