Development additional forces in Europe, to strengthen US capabilities in the Old Continent and support NATO allies, the US president ordered on Friday.
Mr Biden said in a statement that “the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory”. Earlier, he had contacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, to whom Biden said he had conveyed to him the ongoing financial, humanitarian and security support provided by the United States.
In a statement on the phone, the US president said: “At a time when President Putin is threatening the very foundations of international peace and security, NATO is proving once again that it stands up for freedom and democracy. As I said yesterday, the United States will defend itself every inch of NATO territory. Our commitment in Article 5 (commitment of the collective defense of the members) is iron “.
“I have ordered the deployment of additional forces to strengthen our capabilities in Europe to support our NATO allies.”
Mr Biden also met with other NATO leaders to discuss the ongoing crisis, who said they were “committed to working even harder to defend our freedom”.
“President Putin has failed in his goal of dividing the West. “NATO is more united and determined than ever, and NATO will keep its door open to those European states that share our values ​​and that may one day seek to join our alliance,” he said in a statement sent to Moscow. had earlier threatened Finland and Sweden on this issue.
Russia’s offer to hold talks with Ukraine was an attempt to conduct diplomacy “with a barrel in the temple,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said earlier, stressing that if Moscow was serious, it should stop bombing its territory. country.
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