President Biden will speak with Russian President Putin on Thursday amid “a moment of crisis” on the Russia-Ukraine border. Over the last few months, Moscow has amassed a troop build-up there that continues to agitate the U.S. and European allies.
President Joe Biden will speak on Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid “a moment of crisis” on the Russia-Ukraine border, where Moscow has amassed a troop build-up over recent months that continues to agitate the United States and European allies, the White House announced on Wednesday.
The two leaders will “discuss a range of topics” during their phone call, “including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia,” National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne. But the main point of conversation is certain to be the Russian military presence on Ukraine’s eastern frontier, which “remains a continuing source of great concern,” a senior administration official told reporters.
“We would like to see, obviously, a reduction in that build-up and return of forces to their regular training areas, their long-term deployment areas. That is something we continue to communicate to the Russian side,” the official said on a call organized by the National Security Council. “But our goal is to engage the diplomacy, begin the discussions, and then see if we can create the kind of environment that allows for a deescalation and progress at the negotiating table.
“We are in a moment of crisis and have been for several weeks now given the Russian build-up,” the official said, adding: “It will take a high level of engagement to address this and to try to find a path of deescalation.”three weeks ago that the United States and European allies would impose “strong” economic penalties and other punitive actions on Russia should it mount an invasion of Ukraine.
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