{"id":13072,"date":"2022-01-25T00:33:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T08:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13072"},"modified":"2022-01-25T00:33:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T08:33:13","slug":"ukraine-us-troops-on-alert-as-west-voices-unity-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=13072","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ukraine: US troops on alert as West voices unity&#8221;, BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-i7uuy0-Cluster e1ihwmse1\">\n<p>London, 25 January 2022<\/p>\n<p><em>US President Joe Biden has said there is &#8220;total unanimity&#8221; with European leaders over Russia&#8217;s troop build-up on the border with Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-d7aixc-ClusterItems e1ihwmse0\">\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-1yno9a1-StyledLink ed0g1kj0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/topics\/crr7mlg0d21t\">Ukraine conflict<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-xa24e7-TagShareWrapper e1nh2i2l0\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1ynay8h-StyledInformationPanel e15ad6a66\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-vk3nhx-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/0C4B\/production\/_122974130_ussoldiers.jpg 976w\" alt=\"US soldiers pictured in the opening ceremony of the &quot;Rapid Trident-2018&quot; international military exercises in Starytchi, outside Lviv on September 3, 2018.\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><span class=\"ssrcss-99q1ky-StyledFigureCopyright e34k3c20\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">IMAGE SOURCE, <\/span>AFP\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-5ccyy0-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1yybcoc-Stack e1y4nx260\">The Pentagon says US troops are on standby to deploy to Europe, should Russia invade Ukraine (file picture)<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">During crisis talks on Monday, Western powers agreed to &#8220;swift&#8221; and &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; sanctions against Russia if it were to invade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The US has also put 8,500 thousands of troops on alert.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Russia denies plans of an incursion, despite deploying some 100,000 soldiers on Ukraine&#8217;s border.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Joining the US and UK on the call were the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the EU. The head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg also dialled in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">&#8220;I had a very, very, very good meeting &#8211; total unanimity with all the European leaders,&#8221; Mr Biden said afterwards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A Downing Street spokesperson said the leaders &#8220;agreed on the importance of international unity in the face of growing Russian hostility&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Should a further Russian incursion into Ukraine happen, they agreed that &#8220;allies must enact swift retributive responses including an unprecedented package of sanctions&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The aim of the 80-minute video call between the allies was to agree on a common strategy against Russia&#8217;s actions, after some disagreements over how Western nations were responding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">On Monday, UK PM Boris Johnson warned that &#8220;gloomy&#8221; intelligence suggests <a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-60113271\">Russia is planning a lightning raid on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv<\/a>, and the UK started withdrawing some staff from its embassy there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The US took a similar move, by ordering relatives of its embassy staff to leave.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-60106416\">UK withdrawing some embassy staff from Ukraine <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-60095459\">UK warns of plot to install Russia ally in Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<p>But EU staff are to stay in place for now, with foreign policy chief Josep Borrell saying he would not &#8220;dramatise&#8221; the tensions.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been differences on the support given to Ukraine &#8211; the US and UK are among the nations to have sent military aid. However Germany refused Ukraine&#8217;s request for defensive weapons, and will instead send medical aid, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht told local media.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>US troops on high alert<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon has said some 8,500 combat-ready US troops are on alert to deploy at short notice.<\/p>\n<p>But they would only be deployed if the Nato military alliance decides to activate a rapid-reaction force, &#8220;or if other situations develop&#8221;, said Pentagon press secretary John Kirby.<\/p>\n<p>There are no plans to deploy to Ukraine itself, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Some Nato members, including Denmark, Spain, France and the Netherlands, are already planning to send fighter jets and warships to eastern Europe to bolster defences in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, <a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60096261\">some 90 tonnes of US &#8220;lethal aid&#8221;<\/a> including ammunition for &#8220;front-line defenders&#8221; arrived in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin has said it sees Nato as a security threat, and is demanding legal guarantees that the alliance will not expand further east, including into neighbouring Ukraine. But the US has said the issue at stake is Russian aggression, not Nato expansion.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>Tensions over Ukraine<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"unordered-list-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer e5tfeyi0\">\n<ul>\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">EXPLAINED<\/b>: <a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-56720589\">Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine? <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">FROM KYIV<\/b>: <a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-59944086\">Ukrainians wait as Russia faces off with the West<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">FROM BRUSSELS<\/b>: <a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-60030615\">EU &#8216;closest to war&#8217; in decades over Russia-Ukraine crisis <\/a><\/li>\n<li><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">UK SUPPORT<\/b>: <a class=\"ssrcss-9nsdc6-InlineLink e1no5rhv0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-60033012\">UK says it is sending weapons to defend Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Ukrainians prepare for possible invasion<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For months now, the Ukrainians have been preparing a territorial defence force of volunteers. They are training for a possible defence of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>One woman member, Marta Yuzkiv, a doctor in her 50s, told the BBC: &#8220;Of course I am worried. I am a peaceful woman, I don&#8217;t want to have a war started. But in any case, in case it&#8217;s started, I should be ready to defend the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Andrei Volkov, an IT consultant in Kyiv, called the situation &#8220;dangerous&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The situation is extremely tense, I think something might happen,&#8221; he said, adding that he was making &#8220;contingency plans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Going to western Ukraine I suppose, going somewhere where it&#8217;s going to be safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russia has seized Ukrainian territory before, when it annexed Crimea in 2014. After Russian forces seized control, Crimea voted to join Russia in a referendum the West and Ukraine deemed illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Russian-backed rebels also control areas of eastern Ukraine near Russia&#8217;s borders. That conflict has cost an estimated 14,000 lives, with a 2015 peace deal a long way from being fulfilled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1hq4gmv-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-1drmwog-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/F39F\/production\/_122976326_marta.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Ukrainian Marta Yuzkiv, who is part of a territorial defence force of volunteers\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-5ccyy0-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1yybcoc-Stack e1y4nx260\">Ukrainian Marta Yuzkiv, who is part of a territorial defence force of volunteers<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1yybcoc-Stack e1y4nx260\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London, 25 January 2022 US President Joe Biden has said there is &#8220;total unanimity&#8221; with European leaders over Russia&#8217;s troop build-up on the border with Ukraine. 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