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US, NATO place troops on alert over Ukraine standoff

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January 25, 2022
US troops set to deploy to eastern Europe within days Source: Reuters.

US troops set to deploy to eastern Europe within days Source: Reuters.

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden declared “total” unity among Western powers after crisis talks with European leaders on deterring Russia from an attack against Ukraine, while the Pentagon said 8,500 US troops were put on standby for possible deployment to boost NATO.

“I had a very, very, very good meeting — total unanimity with all the European leaders,” Biden told reporters shortly after finishing a video conference with allied leaders from Europe and NATO.

In London, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s office also said “the leaders agreed on the importance of international unity in the face of growing Russian hostility.” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said “it is up to Russia to undertake visible de-escalation,” while NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned of “severe costs” if there is “any further aggression” by Moscow against Ukraine. Also on the call were the leaders of France, Italy, Poland and the European Union.

Despite insisting he has no intention of attacking, President Vladimir Putin has deployed some 100,000 troops close to Ukraine, where Russia already seized Crimea in 2014 and backs a separatist army in the east. Moscow is demanding a guarantee that Ukraine is never allowed to join NATO, as well as other concessions by the United States in return for a decrease in tension.

The United States and NATO have rejected the Russian demands and told Putin to withdraw from Ukraine’s borders, warning that a Russian attack will trigger damaging economic sanctions, as well as a beefed-up NATO presence in eastern Europe.

In Washington, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said a force of up to 8,500 US troops was on “heightened alert” for potential deployment to reinforce any activation of the NATO Response Force in the region, where there are growing fears of spillover from the Ukraine conflict.

The tension helped fuel instability in global markets, while Russia’s main stock index plunged and the central bank suspended foreign currency purchasing after the ruble slumped. The French government announced that Russian and Ukrainian officials would meet, along with French and German counterparts, in Paris on Wednesday to try to find a way out of the impasse.

Echoing other US warnings, Kirby said that intelligence shows “it’s very clear that the Russians have no intention right now of de-escalating.” However, some European leaders are signaling less alarm. EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said after talks with US top diplomat Antony Blinken that there was nothing to suggest an “immediate” Russian attack. “You have to stay calm doing what you have to do, and avoid a nervous breakdown,” he said.

While Britain and Australia followed the United States in ordering diplomats’ families to leave Kyiv, the EU and the Ukrainian government said any withdrawal of foreign embassy personnel was premature. France told citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the country.

The US-led NATO alliance said members were placing troops “on standby” and sending ships and jets to bolster eastern Europe’s defenses, pointing to recent mobilizations by Denmark, Spain and the Netherlands. Stoltenberg said the alliance “will continue to take all necessary measures to protect” members.

The Kremlin accused NATO of “hysteria.” It also claimed that Ukrainian troops fighting Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country could launch an offensive, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office to say that Ukraine will not “succumb to provocations.”

The United States has warned that Moscow could manufacture a “false flag” incident in Ukraine to be able to then frame an invasion as a justified response. Non-NATO member Ireland meanwhile sounded the alarm over upcoming Russian military exercises off its southwest coast in international waters of the Atlantic.

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