PRESIDENT BIDEN TELLS ALLIES RUSSIA MAY ATTACK UKRAINE ON FEBRUARY 16: REPORTS

Sat 12 February 2022:

During a phone call with Western allies, US President Joe Biden reportedly warned them that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, could strike Ukraine on February 16.

The leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Canada, Poland, Romania, and France, as well as the NATO secretary general and the president of the European Commission, attended the meeting, according to Politico.

According to reports, Biden told them that the “invasion” might be preceded by missile strikes and cyberattacks.

According to the media site, the leaders’ call indicated that cyberattacks were “imminent,” while intelligence reports were “specific and alarming,” according to another source.

But the UK said it had a “different interpretation” of the alleged February 16 attack.

Politico reported that two European Union diplomats shared even more sceptical views, with one saying they “still refuse to buy it. It would be such a mistake by Putin. War is costly, Ukraine will fight them with everything.”

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday, that any attack on Ukraine could start with “aerial bombing and missile attacks,” adding that the invasion could start at any time, including “during the [Beijing] Olympics, despite much speculation that it would only happen after the Olympics.”

However, Politico pointed out that Feb. 16 intelligence is “raw and not the overall assessment of the United States”.

Meanwhile, according to Reuters, Biden is deploying 3,000 troops to Poland to join 1,700 already stationed there as a show of American support to NATO allies concerned about a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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