Oct. 9 (Reuters) – The White House said on Sunday it would continue arming Ukraine but declined to comment directly on the explosion that damaged Russia’s road and rail bridge in Crimea.
“We really have nothing more to add to the reports of the bridge explosion,” White House national security spokesman John Kirby told ABC This Week. “I can tell you that Putin started this war, and Putin could end it today by simply taking his troops out of the country.”
Kirby said both sides needed to find a way to negotiate an end to the war, but Putin showed no interest in it.
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“On the contrary,” he added. “By appointing hundreds of thousands of reservists, politically annexing or at least trying to annex four areas of Ukraine, it has shown every sign that it is doubling,” added Kirby.
This, said Kirby, “that’s why, frankly speaking, we contact Ukrainians almost every day and we intend to continue to provide them with security assistance. See the article : UK’s JD Sports is taking a cautious look at the outlook as cost pressures weigh on it.”
Largely echoing comments from the White House last week after US President Joe Biden referred to the nuclear possibility of Armageddon, Kirby said the US had no indication that Putin made a decision to use nuclear weapons and that there was no reason to change the US. strategic attitude.
“The president reflected the very high stakes that are at stake right now … when you have modern nuclear power and the leader of this modern nuclear power is willing to use irresponsible rhetoric, as is the case with Putin,” said Kirby. .
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Reporting by Tyler Clifford in New York and Arshad Mohammed in Saint Paul, Minn. To see also : On Navy Day, Putin said that the United States is Russia’s biggest threat.
Editing by Matthew Lewis
