Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin in Geneva in 2021 (Photo Credit: By Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=106641594)

White House Warns Russian Invasion of Ukraine Imminent

The Biden White House is warning that a Russian invasion of its neighbor Ukraine may be imminent.

According to NBC News:

[P]ress secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday, warning that an “extremely dangerous situation” is building along the Ukrainian border.

“We believe we’re now at a stage where Russia could at any point launch an attack on Ukraine. I would say that’s more stark than we have been,” Psaki said during her daily press briefing.

The assessment comes as Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Ukraine this week to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Blinken spoke with Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday morning and the two plan to meet in Geneva, where he will urge Russia to “take immediate steps to de-escalate,” Psaki said.

Over 100,000 Russian troops have amassed at its shared border with Ukraine according to intelligence officials.