Biden agrees to speak with Putin under several conditions in a meeting brokered by another country

[Teh One Who Knocks]

By Adam Sabes | Fox News


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President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to "the principle" to meet for a summit discussing "security and strategic stability in Europe," but will only take place if Russia does not invade Ukraine.

The summit will be discussed by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting on Thursday.

The potential summit was announced by French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, and a press release states that the summit "can only be held at the condition that Russia does not invade Ukraine."

The announcement comes just hours after Fox News confirmed that Russian commanders have been given orders to carry out an invasion of Ukraine.

Biden spoke with Macron on Sunday afternoon.

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that while President Biden and Putin have accepted the meeting "in principle," Russia continues to indicate they are making preparations for "a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon.

"President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin following that engagement, again, if an invasion hasn’t happened. We are always ready for diplomacy. We are also ready to impose swift and severe consequences should Russia instead choose war. And currently, Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon," Psaki said.

She added that President Biden is committed to pursuing diplomacy "until the moment an invasion begins."

"As the President has repeatedly made clear, we are committed to pursuing diplomacy until the moment an invasion begins. Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Lavrov are scheduled to meet later this week in Europe, provided Russia does not proceed with military action," Psaki said.

Commanders on the ground have made plans for how they would maneuver in their sectors of the battlefield.

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According to the Ukrainian military, violence continues to escalate in eastern Ukraine as it reports 53 shellings by Russian-backed forces from occupied Donbas on Ukraine occurred today.

[DemonGeminiX]

Please come talk to me. I'll give you whatever you want if you don't invade.

[deebakes]

we ain't gonna do shit, go ahead putin

[Godfather]

It's a tricky situation, what would you advocate for the president doing/not doing?


I don't think the West can directly got to war for Ukraine. I like what the allies have done, particularly the US and UK in exposing Putin's plans to the world the last few weeks. They've been extremely open with what they know he's up to and it has brought a ton of attention on this. The tough thing is, short of NATO going to war over this, Russia has become very resilient to sanctions. We'll sanction the shit out of them and cut them off in every way imaginable if they full on invade Ukraine I'm sure...but the juice might still be worth the squeeze for Putin.

I do also wonder what China thinks about all this too... will the West's response play a roll in their view of invading Taiwan in the short term?

[deebakes]

let 'em take it, maybe it will make gas less expensive

[DemonGeminiX]

It's a tricky situation, what would you advocate for the president doing/not doing?


I don't think the West can directly got to war for Ukraine. I like what the allies have done, particularly the US and UK in exposing Putin's plans to the world the last few weeks. They've been extremely open with what they know he's up to and it has brought a ton of attention on this. The tough thing is, short of NATO going to war over this, Russia has become very resilient to sanctions. We'll sanction the shit out of them and cut them off in every way imaginable if they full on invade Ukraine I'm sure...but the juice might still be worth the squeeze for Putin.

I do also wonder what China thinks about all this too... will the West's response play a roll in their view of invading Taiwan in the short term?

China's backing Russia... and watching intently. If Russia takes Ukraine, China will take Taiwan. They'll know nobody will stop them.

[lost in melb.]

Biden privately knows Ukraine isn't worth a wet fart. The Germans are a bit more obvious with their disdain. God knows why we even armed them with heavy ammunitions.

[PorkChopSandwiches]

Biden privately knows Ukraine isn't worth a wet fart.

He knows they have made him and his family rich

[Muddy]

Is this where I get my free crack pipe?