U.S. President Joe Biden said he thinks Russian leader Vladimir Putin doesn¡¯t want a full-blown war but will ¡°move in¡± on Ukraine after amassing 100,000 troops on its border, in part of an extraordinarily blunt assessment of Russian intentions and the West¡¯s likely response.
¡°I¡¯m not so sure he has ¡ª is certain ¡ª about what he¡¯s going to do,¡± Biden said of his Russian counterpart during a nearly two hourlong news conference Wednesday marking his first year in office. ¡°My guess is he will move in, he has to do something.¡±
While the president said the U.S. and its European allies are united on making sure Russia faces ¡°severe economic consequences,¡± Biden acknowledged what his top aides have so far said only in private: that NATO allies are divided about what to do if Russia takes action against Ukraine that falls short of an invasion.
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