Abroad|Security policy
Russia has not confirmed any information that Putin has agreed to the meeting.
Washington
Of the United States president Joe Biden and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin have tentatively approved the proposal to meet at the summit, the French Chancellery informed early in the morning Finnish time.
The condition for the summit is that Russia refrains from attacking Ukraine. The broader theme of the meeting is “Security and Strategic Stability in Europe”.
Information about the summit was preceded by the French president Emmanuel Macronin call marathon with leaders from different countries. He spoke with Putin, among others, on two occasions and once with Biden and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with.
White house press manager Jen Psaki confirmed that Biden has accepted the proposal to meet if Russia does not promote its attack on Ukraine in any way.
However, Psaki seemed to consider the realization of the summit to be rather uncertain, noting in a statement that “Russia currently appears to be preparing for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine very soon.”
According to Psak, a possible summit is scheduled to take place after the foreign ministers Antony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov have first met. They are due to meet next Thursday, and apparently the agenda for a possible summit could be discussed at that time.
Russia has not confirmed Putin’s consent to the meeting.
At the same time At the time of the announcement of a possible summit, Maxar, a commercial company operating in the United States, released new satellite images from around the Ukrainian border. According to the company’s director, the pictures show increased activity and readiness in Russian forces near the northeastern border of Ukraine.
Among other things, the news channel told about the new pictures CNN and the news agency Reuters.
According to Maxar, the satellite images were taken on Sunday. They show that a lot of weapons and troops have been redeployed ever closer to the Ukrainian border.
According to Maxar, the new satellite imagery shows that there has been a clear shift in the rankings of previously observed battle groups. Until now, most troops had been stationed in or near training areas, barracks. Now they have spread to a wider area.
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