Index – Abroad – Joe Biden Sends CIA Director to Moscow on Russian Forces

The report said Joe Biden sent CIA Director William Burns to Russia to explain to Russian leaders that they were monitoring the mergers of alleged Russian teams near the Ukrainian border. CNN.

The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Nikolai Patrusev, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, and the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Nareskin, spoke to him. Following William Burns’ counterparts in Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke with the Ukrainian president on the phone, in an effort to ease tensions between the two countries. According to Ukrainian press reports, the United States also sent a high-ranking foreign official to Kiev to resolve the situation. The issue of the European energy crisis and Russian gas supplies was also discussed during the meeting.

Previously As I mentioned the index About William Burns’ discussion with Russian officials in Moscow on Wednesday, but little information was shared about the topics of the meeting.

There were reports in the international press that Russian troops are being moved to the eastern and southern borders of Ukraine, citing satellite images. As it turned out, they did not approach the Ukrainian border for military purposes. The United States of America In the meantime, it also sent a main ship and a missile destroyer to the Black Sea, conducting joint operations with NATO forces and allied partners. The Russian side indicated that it is ready to respond if an American warship enters Russian territorial waters and begins to provoke.

However, the news Both Russian and Ukrainian sides refuted. According to Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, this false news is not worth mentioning, and then noted that moving military equipment or forces on Russian soil is a purely Russian matter. Alexei Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (RNBO), described what appeared in the press as misinformation. According to Russian Foreign Minister Maria Zharova, the development of events does not prevent a further deterioration of the situation, and she also spoke about the current situation in eastern Ukraine.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine issued a statement on Thursday saying that as of the beginning of November the total number has reached about Concentrated power of ninety thousand. The ministry also said that Russia sometimes moves military units into Ukrainian territory, and withdraws its forces near the Ukrainian state border in order to maintain tensions in the region and exert political pressure on neighboring countries.

The last such move by Russia was at the end of March. By the end of April, the number of people stationed there had risen to 120,000 Russian soldiers number. Not only near the eastern region of Ukraine, but also in Crimea Several units were also counted. The Russian Defense Minister finally ordered the soldiers to return to their permanent position at the end of April.

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