On Sunday, the presidents of the United States and Ukraine,

Joe Biden

and

Vladimir Zelensky

, held a telephone conversation during which they discussed the security situation.

President Biden has reaffirmed that the United States supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, the White House said in a statement.

“President Biden has made it clear that the United States will respond quickly and decisively, along with its allies and partners, to any further Russian aggression against Ukraine.

The two leaders agreed on the importance of continuing diplomacy and deterrence in response to Russia's growing military presence on Ukraine's borders. "

On February 12, the US president had a telephone conversation with

Vladimir Putin

and warned the Russian president about the decisive response of the United States and its allies in the event of a new Russian invasion of Ukraine, the White House said earlier.

Biden also told Putin that the United States is open to diplomatic talks but no less ready for other scenarios.

The US President said that Russia's further invasion of Ukraine would cause great humanitarian suffering and weaken Russia's position.

In recent weeks, a number of Western countries have called on their diplomats in Ukraine to leave the country to protect themselves from possible threats posed by the concentration of Russian troops on Ukraine's border.

The threat of Russia's attack on Ukraine

  • According to US intelligence on January 7, 2022, more than 100,000 Russian troops are on Russia's border with Ukraine.

    Additional fighter jets were also spotted there.

    Further, the number only grew.

  • Russian authorities have denied the possibility of an invasion, saying the movement of troops inside the country is a "sovereign right" of Russia, and reports of an invasion there have been called "unjustified escalation of tensions."

    At the same time, satellite images near the borders of the countries allowed us to talk about the concentration of troops, rather than their movement.

  • Russian authorities have held talks with the United States and NATO on security guarantees in Europe.

    According to Russia's demands, the United States should not establish military bases in the territory of the former Soviet Union, which is not a member of NATO, and the alliance should stop expanding to the east.

    In particular, Russia has demanded not to admit Ukraine to NATO.

    However, Western countries denied the Russians on all counts.

  • On January 18, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said that Belarusian-Russian maneuvers near the Ukrainian border would begin on February 10.

    Part of the forces and means of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, as well as military authorities, a number of military units and subdivisions of the Eastern Military District of the Armed Forces of Russia will be involved in them.

  • On January 5, Russia evacuated at least 18 members of the families of Russian diplomats from Ukraine.

    About 30 more people left the Russian Embassy in Kyiv and the consulate in Lviv in the coming days.

  • The United States, Canada, Britain and other countries have sent weapons to Ukraine.

    Germany, which had previously defended the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project, refused to supply weapons and blocked supplies from Estonia, saying it was a German-made weapon.

    Berlin agreed to send only a field hospital to Ukraine.

  • In mid-February, a number of diplomatic missions operating in Ukraine began evacuating their staff.

    In particular, American diplomats in uncritically important positions were ordered to leave Kyiv.

  • On February 14, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the state was facing unprecedented pressure and a hybrid war in the information space.

    The SBU assured the citizens of Ukraine that it is doing everything possible for security - neutralizes cyberattacks, eliminates many bot farms, exposes foreign intelligence agents and prevents sabotage and terrorist attacks.