The White House sought to clarify, Thursday, the outings of the American president who had done, the day before, the difference between Russian invasion of Ukraine and “minor incursion”.
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Contain the fire that has been triggered is a challenge. The Biden administration was set out on Thursday, January 20, to clarify the remarks held by the US President at his press conference on the Russian threat against Ukraine.
During this long and little tonic intervention, Joe Biden was interviewed several times on the international crisis of the moment. Swinging between approximations, unnecessary confessions and contradictory threats, the leader has aroused the disorder and nervousness in Kiev and in European capitals. On the merits, the American line remains unchanged, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken is preparing to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva (Switzerland), Friday. But the constant concern, for two months, from a Western communal front against Vladimir Putin is ecorned.
In question about the intentions of the Kremlin Master, Joe Biden responded as an expert or a commentator, instead of sticking to the red lines enacted by his administration. “I think he’s going to enter. He must do something.” The confusion has settled after another remark: “It depends on what he does. It’s something if it’s A minor incursion … “From what degree a Russian aggression would it be acceptable? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has Quick reacted on Twitter , in English. “We want to remember the great powers that there are no minor and small nations incursions.”
In the evening, at the end of the press conference, the spokesman for the White House, Jen Psaki, had to publish a press release to reformat the official position, highlighting the distinction between cyber attack, paramilitary type attack and Classic military invasion. Joe Biden himself, Thursday, tried to dispel the trouble. “If a group of Russian units, whatever it is, crosses the border of Ukraine, it is an invasion.”
Joe Biden seemed to give a public pledge to Moscow
During his press conference, the US President predicted a “disaster” for Russia, if she chose the military adventure. He even mentioned the fact that “their banks will no longer be able to trade in dollars, without going into details. An explosive perspective, which would, he recognize, a “negative impact” for the United States as for European economies. This is why the financial sanctions envisaged in Washington, such as the disconnection of Russia from the SWIFT information system, do not absolutely do unanimity within the European Union (EU).
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