By the Associated Press.
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have concluded a call to discuss the crisis in Ukraine as the White House says intelligence shows Russia could invade on short notice. The White House says the call lasted 62-minutes.
Biden planned once again to call on Putin to de-escalate and pull back the well over 100,000 Russia troops that have massed near Ukraine’s borders. The White House says publicly that the U.S. does not know with certainty whether Putin is committed to an invasion.
Russia denies it intends to launch an offensive against Ukraine.
The U.S. plans to evacuate its embassy in the Ukrainian capital. Before talking to Biden, Putin had another call with French President Emmanuel Macron, who met with him in Moscow earlier in the week to try to resolve the crisis.
Russia has massed troops near the Ukraine border and has sent troops to exercises in neighboring Belarus but denies that it intends to launch an offensive against Ukraine. The Pentagon ordered an additional 3,000 U.S. troops to Poland to reassure allies.
