The presidents of the United States and Ukraine, Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke by phone on Sunday (13). The call came amid warnings from the United States that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could happen as early as this week.
Biden told the Ukrainian president that the United States would respond “quickly and decisively” to further Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to a White House statement.
The two leaders “agreed on the importance of continuing to pursue diplomacy and deterrence in response to Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine’s borders,” according to the statement.
Biden and Putin held a call on Saturday
The presidents of the United States and Russia, Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, made a phone call this Saturday (12). Growing concerns about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine dominate Western governments.
Biden warned Putin that the United States and its allies would respond “decisively and impose swift and severe consequences” on Russia if Putin decides to invade Ukraine. The call began at 1:04 pm ET and ended more than an hour later at 2:06 pm, a White House official said.
Russian presidential adviser Yury Ushakov described Saturday’s call between the presidents as “balanced and professional” but said the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) had failed to address key security concerns. from Russia.
(With input from Natasha Bertrand, Jasmine Wright, Uliana Pavlova, Nathan Hodge, Maegan Vazquez, Kevin Liptak, Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, and Kaitlan Collins of CNN)
Source: CNN Brasil
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