This may include advertisements from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. The intentions of Nato in Eastern Europe are of great concern for President Putin, who stressed in his virtual summit with President Biden that Russia has the right to defend its security. Two leaders spoke about Moscow's troop presence along the country's border with Ukraine and urged Mr Putin to de-escalate him as he talks about Russia's fears over a possible Nato membership for Ukraine.
In what was described as a curveball, President Biden said he would be in a position to announce plans for high-level talks to discuss the future of Russia's concerns about the alliance by Friday. The talks would aim to find out whether or not we can work out some accommodation as a result of the bringing down of the temperature along the eastern front READ MORE: ''Consequences like none you've ever seen. Biden lays down the law to Putin over Ukraine
He said that the idea that the United States is going to use force unilaterally to confront Russia invading Ukraine is not in the cards right now. Biden claimed that the obligation does not extend to Ukraine, because of the sacred obligation to stand up for Nato allies under Article 5 in the case of an attack. Eastern European Nato members are thought to have reacted nervously to the comments, alarmed by the sense that the White House's commitment to Europe's security may have subsided. During the two-hour call, Mr Biden emphasised that severe economic sanctions would be imposed if Russia invades Ukraine.
Joe Biden forgets to unmute himself in embarrassing video call blunder during Putin chat INSIGHT Panic as new Omicron variant found Mutant strains'sister could be even HARDER to track ANALYSIS 'No hesitation! During the two presidents' dialogue, Mr Putin did not explicitly rule out military action in Ukraine. When asked about Moscow's intentions in Kyiv, he said: Russia has a peaceful foreign policy but has the right to defend its security. He said that we cannot but be concerned about the possibility of Ukraine s possible admission to Nato because this will undoubtedly be followed by the deployment of appropriate military contingents, bases and weapons that threaten us. On Thursday, Biden is talking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, along with the Bucharest Nine countries of Nato's eastern edge.