Russian and Belarusian soldiers fire test shells at the Kozsky Training Grounds in Belarus on the 12th. The joint military exercise, which took place on the 10th, is the largest ever. AP Yonhap News “/>
Russian and Belarusian soldiers fire test shells at the Kozsky Training Grounds in Belarus on the 12th. The joint military exercise, which took place on the 10th, is the largest ever. AP Yonhap News
The United States has advised Americans in Ukraine to leave Ukraine by the 13th (local time). The U.S. embassy in Ukraine has also been ordered to withdraw. With speculation that Russia will soon invade Ukraine, speculation that this week will be a watershed in the Ukraine crisis.
The U.S. embassy in Ukraine tweeted on the 12th that “The State Department has ordered the evacuation of embassy staff who are not on an urgent mission. . On the same day, Russia’s Sputnik news agency, citing a source, said that “Russian diplomats in Ukraine have begun to leave Ukraine.” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the day before that a Russian invasion of Ukraine might happen at any time, and that Americans in Ukraine must leave within 48 hours.
Reports also reported that US President Joe Biden has suggested the date for the Russian invasion of Ukraine to be on the 16th. According to the US political media Politico, President Biden told the leaders of his allies that “Russian forces might conduct cyberattacks and missile attacks across the Belarusian border, and there is a possibility that a ground attack might begin on the 16th.”
The Washington Post (WP) reported that “Russia is planning a self-made play to create an excuse for invasion of Ukraine as early as the third week of February.” Western intelligence officials have captured the situation that Russia will launch an operation to attack Ukraine by inciting political propaganda following falsely disguising the attackers’ nationalities to deceive the real attacker.
As the Ukraine crisis escalated into an immediate crisis, the New York Stock Exchange was greatly shaken. The Dow fell 1.43% on the 11th and the S%P500 fell 1.90%. The Nasdaq Composite fell more than 3% during the day and then closed down 2.78%.
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Ukrainian police and soldiers conduct a special tactical training exercise around a tank in southern Kherson province on the 12th (local time). About 1,000 people, including the National Guard and Border Guard, participated. EPA Yonhap News
Biden and Putin ‘Ukraine talks’ empty-handed… U.S.-Russian embassy staff also begin withdrawal
I can’t find a solution even following talking for an hour… Putin – Macron’s 100-minute phone call is also unsuccessful
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a 62-minute phone call on the 12th (local time) to discuss solutions to the Ukraine crisis. However, it is known that the third call between the two leaders regarding the Ukraine crisis did not lead to a breakthrough.
French President Emmanuel Macron and Putin also talked on the phone for regarding 100 minutes to find a solution, but it is reported that they did not find a clear point of contact. While the summit between the leaders of Ukraine was in vain, the US and Russia continued to fight each other, saying they were “increasing the risk of war.”
“There is no fundamental change in the situation in Ukraine”
The United States and Russia have been fighting from the beginning. The phone call between the US and Russia leaders was held at the request of President Putin. Russia had hoped for a call on the 14th, but the US suggested that the time be advanced to the 12th as the situation around Ukraine was urgent. Russia’s foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov said the move was hastened because of US hysteria that Russia would invade Ukraine. Then, referring to the American political media Politico, which specified the date of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the 16th, he criticized “I cannot understand why the United States is leaking misinformation related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the media.”
The two heads of state adhered to their existing positions in the dialogue and ran parallel lines. According to the White House, President Biden reiterated his warning to Putin that he would “make Russia pay a serious price if it invades Ukraine.” A senior US government official said at a press briefing at a press briefing, “We have covered all the topics the US has publicly raised regarding the situation in Ukraine, but over the past few weeks has not made a fundamental change to the situation.” Ushakov said at a briefing that “I had conveyed my thoughts on Russia’s security guarantees to the United States, but the United States did not take into account Russia’s major concerns.” President Putin also discussed the Ukraine situation with President Macron on the same day, but the conversation ended without much success for 100 minutes.
US and Russia shift responsibility for conflict
The U.S. and Russia have made a point of escalating tensions with each other. The Washington Post reported that “Russia is planning a self-made play to find excuses for invasion of Ukraine. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the day before that “Russia has enough troops to launch a military operation once morest Ukraine and an attack can begin immediately.”
In response, Ushakov said, “The movement of Russian troops within the territory has been inflated by the movement of the Ukrainian border.”
Rather, Russia claimed that the United States had invaded Russian territorial waters on the Pacific side. Russia’s Ministry of Defense detected a US nuclear-powered submarine in Russian territorial waters near the Kuril Islands, Sputnik news agency, and demanded that it float above sea level, but the submarine left Russian territorial waters. The Russian Defense Ministry said, “We have summoned a military officer from the US embassy in Moscow for the invasion of Russian territorial waters by a US submarine.”
The U.S. completely denied this and emphasized the principle of operating U.S. ships and aircraft. U.S. spokesman Kyle Reigns said in a statement that “Russian claims that U.S. forces were operating in Russian territorial waters are not true.”
Washington = Correspondent Jeong In-seol surisuri@hankyung.com
