Biden assesses military deployment in the Baltic

US President Joe Biden is considering the possibility of deployment Thousands of U.S. soldiers To counter the possible Russian occupation of Ukraine in the Baltic countries and Eastern Europe. The New York Times reports, citing government sources. At a meeting in Camp David on Saturday, senior Pentagon officials, including Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, introduced the president. Lots of options. This includes sending 1,000 to 5,000 U.S. troops, and is likely to increase that number tenfold if things get worse.

Economically, the Biden administration is also threatening Prevent exports of important goods For Russian strategic industries (such as semiconductors), from artificial intelligence to civil aerospace and quantum computing. Written by the Washington Post. The move could be used more widely, and Russian citizens could lose some smartphones, tablets and video game consoles.

NATO sends flights to Eastern Europe

Allies of NATO forces are on high alert They are sending ships and fighters to Eastern Europe, to strengthen our defense and defense capabilities, and Russia continues to increase its military presence in Ukraine and beyond. NATO underlines this in a note. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg He said the alliance would accept All necessary steps We will always respond to any breach of our security zone, to protect and defend all our allies, and to strengthen our collective defense.

Revelations of Great Britain

On Saturday, the British Foreign Office named several other Ukrainian politicians linked to Russian intelligence. Muraev is the leader of a small party that has no seats in the Ukrainian parliament. The UK government put forward this theory on the basis of an intelligence assessment without providing supporting evidence. This back and forth comes amid strong tensions between Moscow and the West over Russia’s plans for Ukraine. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Sunday denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating “Similar, baseless allegations concerning Russia’s intelligence have been made more than once.

Italy: Support for Kiev means dialogue with Moscow

“We want to work in close coordination with our partners in sanctions: the US, Canada and the UK. Now we continue to build a strong package of sanctions, but today no concrete will be accepted. This was stated by EU High Representative Joseph Borel before the Foreign Council in Brussels on Monday, January 24. “There is a process, the process is going on, everything will be ready when needed, but today we will not announce anything,” he added. According to the study, the European Union (EU) agreed with Italy and Russia to send a unanimous message to Russia, underlining “firm support” for Ukraine’s regional integrity at the EU Foreign Ministers’ Summit, and that any attack on Kiev would be “unacceptable to Moscow, and the EU would be willing to” gradually regulate its contribution to “regulatory action”. Italy has said it will support talks with Moscow on “higher levels”.