The invitation of US President Joe Biden, sent from his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky, to visit Kiev in the coming days looks strange, Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov noted on Monday, February 14, in the Telegram channel.
“Given that Biden called on all Americans to urgently leave Ukraine and the United States has already announced the evacuation of some of its diplomats from Kiev, Zelensky’s invitation to the US President to visit Ukraine in the near future looks strange,” he said.
Pushkov added that such a gesture by Zelensky raises suspicions that “the President of Ukraine is not aware of what Washington has been saying for a week now.”
The invitation of Joe Biden to Kiev on the evening of February 13 was reported by CNN, citing a source in the Ukrainian government: Zelensky, in a telephone conversation with the American leader, invited him to visit Kiev as soon as possible. But there was no positive response from the White House administration.
The telephone conversation between the leaders of the United States and Ukraine took place on February 13 and lasted about an hour. Biden assured his Ukrainian counterpart that the United States remains committed to Ukraine’s sovereignty, the US administration said. The parties also agreed to continue diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis around Ukraine. Kiev added that during the conversation, issues of security, economics and sanctions against Russia were discussed.
The United States and a number of European countries have recently expressed concern over the alleged increase in Russia’s “aggressive actions” against Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied such accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone. Such statements are used as a pretext to place as much NATO military equipment as possible near the borders of the Russian Federation, they say in Russia.
On February 12, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in an interview with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, said that the propaganda campaign launched by the United States and its allies about “Russian aggression” against Ukraine pursues provocative goals, thereby encouraging the authorities in Kiev to sabotage the Minsk agreements.
Source: IZ
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