Speaker of the US House of Representatives: Putin is ready to attack Ukraine.
The speaker of the US House of Representatives said that Russia is ready to attack Ukraine, adding that the US strategy is diplomacy and deterrence.
The speaker of the US House of Representatives said Sunday night, Tehran time, that he believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was ready to attack Ukraine, but expressed hope that the sanctions imposed by the United States would dissuade him.
“I believe he is ready for an attack,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told ABC News, according to the Business Insider website. “If Russia had not been threatened with sanctions, Putin’s attack would have been decisive.”
Pelosi said he understood that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky wanted to keep the people calm and that his economy would not be harmed.
The speaker of the US House of Representatives said that the US strategy in this regard is “diplomacy” and “deterrence”, adding that US President Joe Biden has made it very clear that if Russia attacks Ukraine, a lot of money must be paid.
Pelosi said the US allies in NATO have agreed on the severity of the sanctions and all of them fully support the sanctions. “Mothers in Russia do not want their children to go to war,” Pelosi concluded. “Putin must know that war is not the solution.”
The Pentagon said it could not confirm reports of Russia intending to invade Ukraine on Wednesday. A Pentagon spokesman said Sunday evening that there was no indication that things were going well or that Putin intended to reduce tensions, and that there was no reason to be optimistic.
“We believe that there is a possibility of preventing a war in Ukraine, and we welcome the action of our European allies for diplomatic engagement with Putin,” he said.
