This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. US President Joe Biden has warned that Russia is a possibility that it will invade Ukraine in February. Moscow has been concerned with little progress in resolving the crisis, as it continues to amass troops on the border with Ukraine, despite the fact that it saw little ground for optimism. The White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said yesterday that there was a possibility that the Russians could invade Ukraine in February. He has been warning about this for months and he has said it publicly. Russia has about 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine, though Moscow has denied it plans to invade its former Soviet neighbour. Eastern Europe has been the setting for tension between NATO and Russia for a long time, as Western countries try to prevent President Putin from taking more countries into his sphere of influence. In December, fears of a conflict were not eased when the Russian President threatened military action against NATO. He said he would consider a military response if Russia feels threatened by the bloc of Western nations. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Putin has accused the west of turning Ukraine against Russia, as well as railed against NATO enlargement. He said that the United States is at our doorstep, and that the US support for Ukraine is what the United States is doing in Ukraine.
They should understand that we have nowhere else to retreat to. They are urging on extremists from a neighbouring country, Russia, under US protection. For instance, against Crimea. If our Western counterparts follow a clearly aggressive line, we will undertake a proportionate military-technical countermeasures and respond firmly to unfriendly steps. Putin repeated demands that the West make legal guarantees to ensure Russia's security, but he said he would have difficulty trusting the US to abide by a treaty. READ MORE: Rishi Sunak admitted ''pain over voting for a European Union if he didn't vote for Brexit.