American warnings that Russia might launch an assault on NATO’s japanese flank are “absolutely” absurd” and designed solely to justify extra U.S. monetary help for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin mentioned Sunday.
In an interview with Russia’s Rossiya-1 information outlet, the Russian chief fired again at President Biden’s current warning that Russian forces might ultimately transfer into Europe and EVEN probably assault U.S. troops stationed there.
Mr. Biden made these remarks as a part of his public justification for a $61.4 billion monetary help bundle for Ukraine. That plan stays stalled in Congress as Republicans demand that Washington and Kyiv present a roadmap for a way the Ukraine-Russia battle ultimately ends.
Mr. Biden has not offered such a roadmap however has burdened that U.S.{dollars} are a key component in maintaining Russia from defeating Ukraine and urgent deeper into Europe.
But Mr. Putin mentioned that’s little greater than fantasy.
“This is absolutely absurd. I believe that President Biden is aware of this. This is merely a figure of speech to support his incorrect strategy against Russia,” Mr. Putin mentioned, in response to Russian state-controlled media.
Mr. Biden laid out the nightmarish state of affairs throughout remarks on the White House earlier this month.
“If Putin takes Ukraine, he won’t stop there. It’s important to see the long run here. He’s going to keep going. He’s made that pretty clear,” the president mentioned on Dec. 8. “If Putin attacks a NATO ally — if he keeps going and then he attacks a NATO ally — well, we’ve committed as a NATO member that we’d defend every inch of NATO territory. Then we’ll have something that we don’t seek and that we don’t have today: American troops fighting Russian troops, American troops fighting Russian troops if he moves into other parts of NATO.”
Republicans within the House are demanding that the president articulate a transparent path to victory for Ukraine earlier than they log out on the administration’s $61.4 billion funding request. Republicans in each the House and Senate additionally need more cash for U.S.-Mexico border safety as a part of any Ukraine funding bundle.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington final week to press for extra U.S. funding. Since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, the U.S. has given Ukraine $111 billion.
