Biden approves US troop deployment to Eastern Europe
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is concentrated on “peace” as it gears up defences in the face of a Russian military buildup. His remarks on Wednesday, delivered in Ukraine’s capital alongside visiting Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, came after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused the West of trying to provoke Moscow into a war. In his first comments on the Ukraine crisis in more than a month, Putin also reiterated Russia’s security demands and said it was clear that the Kremlin’s “fundamental concerns” had been ignored by Washington and NATO. Boris Johnson, who met Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Tuesday, will speak to Putin by phone on Wednesday. But in a sign of Moscow’s growing frustration, before the call with the British prime minister, the Kremlin said Russia was ready to talk with the “utterly confused”. – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/ – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera/ – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Ukraine #Russia #US
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