Today, American President Joe Biden will have a virtual meeting with European and NATO leaders on the crisis in Ukraine. Representatives from Italy, Canada, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, the United Kingdom and the European Union will take part in the summit. The White House, which confirmed the conference call, adds that the central theme will be "the strengthening of the military presence of Russia on the border with Ukraine and the efforts for deterrence and diplomacy".
Yesterday evening the number one in Washington also heard Mario Draghi by telephone. The two spoke of the "ongoing diplomatic and deterrence efforts in response to the continued strengthening of the Russian military presence on the border with Ukraine".
Meanwhile, the G7 countries said they were ready to have a "serious dialogue" with Russia. This is what Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, said. While Russia has announced that it has withdrawn other tanks deployed near the Ukrainian border and bombers in the annexed Crimea. "Another military train carrying personnel and equipment belonging to the tank units of the Western Military District has returned to its permanent base," the defense ministry said in a statement. At the same time, a spokesman for the Russian fleet announced the withdrawal of ten Su-24 bombers from Crimea.
(Unioneonline / ss)
