China supports Russia over Ukraine Issue: US
New Delhi: China’s tacit support for Russia is deeply alarming and frankly even more destabilizing to the security situation in Europe, The US on Monday late night said.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday said that “It does not believe Russian leader Vladimir Putin has made a final decision on whether to invade Ukraine but he could move with little or no warning.”
According to the media report, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to leave for Europe Tuesday for crisis talks. Austin will hold meetings at NATO headquarters in Brussels and visit Poland, where the United States plans to deploy 3,000 more troops, and Lithuania.
Over Russia’s aggressive actions, Kirby said that “Military action could happen any day. It is entirely possible that, he could move with little to no warning.”
State Department spokesman Ned Price said meanwhile that “The United States has seen no tangible sign of de-escalation at the Russia-Ukraine border. We believe that diplomacy continues to be viable. We believe that there still remains a window to resolve this through dialogue and diplomacy,”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday that the United States is relocating its embassy in Kyiv to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
(_Vinayak)
