Biden Warns Russia Invasion Still Possible in Aggressive Speech Against Putin; Russia Withdraws Some Troops from Ukraine Border, Scoffs at Biden's 'Hysteria' Over Potential Invasion; Rumored Date of Russian Invasion a Declared a National Holiday

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Joe Biden Warns Russia Invasion Still Possible in Aggressive Speech Against Vladimir Putin

President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered an aggressive speech against Russian President Vladimir Putin, warning him again not to invade Ukraine.

Biden acknowledged messaging from the Russian defense minister that they would send troops home from the border of Ukraine but said he remained skeptical.

“That would be good, but we have not yet verified that,” Biden said during a speech at the White House.

Biden also spoke directly to the people of Russia, repeating that the United States and NATO were not a threat.

“To the citizens of Russia: you are not our enemy, and I don’t believe you want a bloody, destructive war against Ukraine,” Biden said, noting the deep ties of “family history and culture” between the two nations.

The president recalled that the United States fought with Russia in World War II in a “war of necessity” but warned them against choosing to pick a fight with a neighboring country. --->READ MORE HERE

Russia Withdraws Some Troops from Ukraine Border, Scoffs at Biden's 'Hysteria' Over Potential Invasion:

As Russian officials continued to attack Biden administration comments that an invasion of Ukraine is imminent, some Russian troops conducting maneuvers pulled back from the Ukraine border, according to reports.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the planned end of the maneuvers will provoke rounds of chest-thumping in the Biden White House, according to The New York Times.

President Joe Biden had promised that the mother of all economic sanctions would be levied on Russia if it invaded Ukraine, a potential punishment that Russia derided.

“The West, if it hasn’t already, will say: ‘See, as soon as we pressured them and Biden snapped, they immediately got scared and fulfilled our demands,’” Lavrov said at a news conference in Moscow, according to the Times.

“This is selling air — our Western colleagues have become rather successful at it,” he said.

Separately, according to The Washington Post, Putin government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the fact that Western nations pulled diplomats out of Ukraine was “ostentatious hysteria that is not based on anything.” --->READ MORE HERE

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