The U.K. is considering doubling its troop numbers and sending defensive weapons to Estonia, a NATO member country, as security conditions on the border with Russia get worse.
The United Kingdom is expected to visit NATO's headquarters next week to finalize details of the security package proposal.
The British Embassy in Washington said that Johnson will travel to the region in the coming days and speak with Putin. The U.K. Defence Secretary is expected to meet with NATO allies this week.
The package would send a clear message to the Kremlin that we will not tolerate their destabilizing activity and that we will always stand with our NATO allies.
If President Putin chooses a path of bloodshed and destruction, it will be a tragedy for Europe. He said thatUkraine must be free to choose its own future.
The U.K. has more military personnel in the country than the British do.
Should tensions rise further, the aircraft carrier is on stand-by.
The Pentagon put 8,500 U.S. servicemembers on alert last week to deploy to Europe if NATO activated a response force. The troops represent America's contribution to the NATO Response Force, which requires approval from all 30 NATO members.
Biden has not committed to sending combat troops to Ukraine, but to NATO countries.
The West has been watching a build-up of Kremlin forces along the border with Russia and Belarus. The annexation of the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea by the Russian military in the summer of 2014) sparked an international uproar and triggered a series of sanctions against Moscow.
The Kremlin has denied that the troop deployment is a preparation for an attack and has instead characterized the movement as a military exercise.
The Pentagon's top officials warned Friday that the aftermath of a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be horrible.
The ground maneuver forces, the air forces, the missiles, and the other forces are all packaged together. It would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties, and you can imagine what that would look like in dense urban areas, all along roads, and so on and so forth.
It would be terrible, said Milley, the nation's highest-ranking military officer.
Milley has been in the military for four decades and has never seen anything like Russia's posture along the border with Ukraine. The Russians have deployed air forces, naval forces, special forces, cyber electronic warfare, command and control, logistics engineers and other capabilities along the Ukrainian border.
Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense, called on Moscow to remove troops and military equipment from the shared border.
Conflict is not inevitable. Austin said there is still time and space for diplomacy.
Putin has the option to de-escalate. He can order his troops to leave. Dialogue and diplomacy can be chosen by him. The United States will stand with our allies and partners.
As Russian President Putin reviewed U.S. diplomatic and security proposals that were hand-delivered by the American ambassador to Russia, the Pentagon warned. Russia initially rejected the proposals.
Sullivan told reporters on Friday from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow that they would await the Russian government's response to their written responses. I don't know if that has been agreed to.
Russia wants the U.S. to use their infrastructure in the territories of former Soviet states that are not members of NATO.
Russian officials have called on the U.S. to stop the expansion of the NATO military alliance.
NATO is the world's most powerful military alliance.
The U.S. and NATO have said no.
Biden spoke with Zelenskyy again last week to reiterate Washington's commitment to respond if Russia attacks.
Zelenskyy was told by the president that the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv is open and operational.
The State Department recommended on Sunday that all U.S. citizens leave the country immediately because of Russia's continued military build up on the border.
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