{"id":1183216,"date":"2022-01-03T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183216"},"modified":"2022-01-03T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:04:19","slug":"biden-promises-ukraine-decisive-action-if-russia-invades-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-promises-ukraine-decisive-action-if-russia-invades-further\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Promises Ukraine Decisive Action If Russia Invades \u2018Further\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-promises-ukraine-decisive-action-if-russia-invades-further%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1183216&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call Sunday that the U.S. and allies plan to \u201crespond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s latest phone call with Zelensky followed a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/29\/biden-phone-call-putin-december\/\">Thursday<\/a> discussion with Russian President Vladimir Putin. No major news or breakthroughs appeared to come from either phone call, though Biden continued to press Putin against invading Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden made clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement Sunday evening following the phone call with Zelensky. \u201cThe leaders expressed support for diplomatic efforts, starting next week with the bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue, at NATO through the NATO-Russia Council, and at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/russia-sending-snipers-tanks-try-provoke-ukraine-donbass-kyiv-says-2021-12-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> Russia of sending tanks and more sniper teams as provocation in Donbas, a pro-Russian conflict area of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden underscored the commitment of the United States and its allies and partners to the principle of \u2018nothing about you without you,&#8217;\u201d Psaki added, echoing a White House statement from <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/09\/joe-biden-promises-support-ukraine-sanctions-russia-not-impressed\/\">earlier<\/a> in December. \u201cHe reaffirmed the United States\u2019 commitment to Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He also expressed support for confidence-building measures to de-escalate tensions in Donbas and active diplomacy to advance the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, in support of the Normandy Format.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the president\u2019s Thursday call with Putin, Biden&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/30\/biden-putin-ukraine-invasion-call\/\">again<\/a> \u201cmade clear that the United States and its allies and partners will respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine,\u201d Psaki said in a separate statement regarding that call.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky touted \u201cthe first international talk of the year\u201d as proof of \u201cthe special nature of\u201d relations between Ukraine and the U.S. He thanked the U.S. for its \u201cunwavering support of\u201d Ukraine and said they discussed \u201ckeeping peace in Europe, preventing further escalation, reforms, [and] deoligarchization.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The first international talk of the year with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> proves the special nature of our relations. Joint actions of \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6, \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 and partners in keeping peace in Europe, preventing further escalation, reforms, deoligarchization were discussed. We appreciate the unwavering support of \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1477766426945536001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Economic sanctions remain the focus for Biden regarding Russia, and he shot down the idea of sending U.S. troops to Ukraine to help earlier in December. He told reporters at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/joe-biden-sending-us-troops-ukraine-not-on-table\/\">time<\/a> that this is \u201cnot on the table.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/16\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-summit-geneva-summary-constructive-meeting\/\">(RELATED:&nbsp;Biden, Putin Touch On Number Of Topics, Declare Meeting \u2018Constructive\u2019 Despite Wide Range Of Issues Remaining)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden voiced the deep concerns of the United States and our European Allies about Russia\u2019s escalation of forces surrounding Ukraine and made clear that the U.S. and our Allies would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation,\u201d the White House said in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/07\/joe-biden-russian-vladimir-putin-ukraine-economic-harm-sanctions\/\">early<\/a> December after Biden spoke with Putin. \u201cPresident Biden reiterated his support for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity and called for de-escalation and a return to diplomacy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call Sunday that the U.S. and allies plan to \u201crespond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine.\u201dBiden\u2019s latest phone call &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1183216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1183216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1183216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1183216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}