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Biden, Putin agree in principle to meet — if Russia doesn’t invade Ukraine
nyPOST ^ | 2/20/2022 | kenneth garger

Posted on 02/20/2022 8:38:08 PM PST by bitt

President Joe Biden has agreed in principle to meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine crisis – as long as Russia doesn’t attack its neighboring country.

The potential summit would follow a planned Thursday meeting between Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Sergei Lavrov – which will also only occur without a Russian invasion of Ukraine, officials said.

“President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin following that engagement, again, if an invasion hasn’t happened,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a Sunday night statement.

“We are always ready for diplomacy. We are also ready to impose swift and severe consequences should Russia instead choose war,” Psaki said.

The press secretary also reiterated the belief that Russia is on the brink of launching an attack.

“Currently, Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon,” she said.

Biden last Friday said he was “convinced” that Putin had decided to invade Ukraine “in the coming days.

The president made the declaration after the US obtained intelligence that Russian commanders have received their orders and are making specific plans on how to carry out an invasion, CBS News reported.

News of the potential meeting between Biden and Putin came as it was revealed that the US received credible intelligence that Russia plans to carry out disturbing human rights abuses in the aftermath of an invasion of Ukraine.

Details of Moscow’s purported post-attack plan were included in a letter from Bathsheba Crocker, the US ambassador to the United Nations to the UN human rights chief.

“We have credible information that indicates Russian forces are creating lists of identified Ukrainians to be killed or sent to camps following a military occupation,” read the letter, which was obtained by The Washington Post.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: biden; putin; ukraine
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To: bitt

In before the peace in our time comments, wait, too late, I just did it.


21 posted on 02/20/2022 10:35:25 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: pepsionice

I always though the solution was for Ukraine to have an agreement with the EU, and one with Russia because they already had big significant energy, industrial and agricultural ties. Combine that with a super low tax rate and they could have become rich... sitting in the middle.

But it was not to be. The EU demanded exclusivity and no Russian agreement. EU was also going to offer them a trade deal but was going to keep visa requirements. Next, Ukraine is hopelessly corrupt. And NATO/DC neocons only cared about knocking over another Domino and hopefully getting the Sevastopol base and spreading the NATO melanoma.

The whole thing is tragic, and has a pre-WWI vibe.


22 posted on 02/20/2022 10:43:08 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: bitt

Biden can not afford to do this because: Suppose Putin surreptitiously videos the meeting and then releases it. No way Biden’s handlers are going to allow it. Now way, now how. A meeting with Biden continually asking for pudding would not look good.


23 posted on 02/21/2022 1:09:39 AM PST by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget
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To: Sooth2222

“US intelligence?”

More like warmongering fools. Eastern and Northern Ukraine are not suitable for large scale offensive operations until the ground dries out enough.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/europe/ukraine-russia-weather-climate-intl/index.html

While main battle tanks can cope with the mud to an extent, and the road network there has been improved since 1943. How do these fools expect any forces to be resupplied with munitions, fuel and food? The support vehicles are mostly wheeled not tracked.


24 posted on 02/21/2022 3:35:25 AM PST by Fraxinus (My opinion, worth what you paid.)
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To: DoughtyOne

LoL........beautiful.


25 posted on 02/21/2022 7:20:32 AM PST by Liz ("Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. _s)
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26 posted on 02/21/2022 12:10:10 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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