Ukrainian defense minister Oleksi Reznikov told CNN that there would be a
really bloody massacre. if russia decides
to invade ukraine and warned that
russian guys also will come back in the
coffins. The defense minister also said that five
million ukrainian refugees are fleeing
into europe amid heightened alarm about
troop movements on the nation's border, the sun reported.
The red line is here in ukraine and the
civilized world will react without
hesitation, he said. He added ahead of the two presidents
meeting. If i can advise President Biden, i would like him to articulate to Mr Putin that no red lines from the kremlin
side should be here. The red line is here in ukraine and the
civilized world will react without
hesitation. The idea of not provoking russia will
not work. Russian news agencies released
a video of the first few minutes of the
call.
The meeting between the two was
reportedly supposed to be a tense call
as biden was expected to warn Putin that
russia will face stiff economic
sanctions if it invades ukraine. Putin was expected to demand guarantees
from biden that the nato military
alliance will never expand to include
ukraine, which has long sought membership.
Meanwhile UK foreign minister Vikki Ford
has warned the cost of russia invading
ukraine would be catastrophically high
and said Putin needs to escalate now. Addressing MP's, she said any military
incursion by russia into ukraine would
be a strategic mistake. The russian government should expect
significant strategic consequences.
The
costs of an incursion would be
catastrophically high. Let us be very
clear we stand by ukraine and we are
considering an extension of purely
defensive support to ukraine to help
ukraine defend itself. Putin needs to de-escalate now and
return to diplomatic channels, she added. Fears of war have been growing in the
region as russia has ramped up its war
games in recent weeks.
Last week u.s intelligence detected 175,000 russian troops on the border with
ukraine as fears of a potential invasion
in early 2022 are mounting. According to the official the analysis
is partly based on satellite images that
show newly arrived units at various
locations along the ukrainian border
over the last month.
Meanwhile moscow claimed its fighter
jets intercepted a u.s spy plane that
was flying over the black sea. Russia has
denied that it plans to attack ukraine. Kiev's allies have always pledged to
support them but intervening against
russia could risk spiraling into a
conflict that could explode into World War III.
Russia has been demanding ukraine will
not join NATO and raging the u.s must
stop all military activity in the region. Moscow has previously warned war as
highly likely saying that kiev's desire
to retake crimea is a direct threat to
them. putin has also ordered u.s officials to
leave russia, further stoking tensions. This story was originally published by
the sun and has been reproduced with
permission.
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