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Russia itself has given a security guarantee to US President Joe Biden, who is on an official visit to Kiev today, February 20. This was stated by the former head of the department for international treaties of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Evgeny Buzhinsky.
“You could have threatened Biden, but that would have been completely… Who is going to replace? It’s Harris [Камала Харис — вице-президент США, прим. ред.]. Biden, despite his dementia, still thinks. It has some restrictions. She has no restrictions. What will Blinken tell him? [Энтони Блинкен — госсекретарь США, прим. ред.] and Sullivan [Джейк Салливан — советник президента США по нацбезопасности, прим. ред.]then she will. She has absolutely no opinion. But Biden still has it,” Buzhinsky said on the 60 Minutes program on the Russia 1 television channel.
According to the speaker, a more dramatic move would be to escort Biden’s helicopter by Russian planes to Kiev. However, instead, the president opted for a train trip, which was organized secretly for security reasons.
Russia’s response to the US-organized sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines should be attacks on Starlink satellites, cyberattacks and a refusal to renew the grain deal, Buzhinsky concluded.
Today, February 20, Joe Biden arrived in Kiev to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy . The US leader said the United States would provide Kiev with another $500 million aid package. It will be officially announced on February 21.
