Joe Biden

Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Biden's Briefings on Ukraine

February 19, 2022

President Biden continues to monitor the evolving situation in Ukraine, and is being updated regularly about events on the ground by his national security team. They reaffirmed that Russia could launch an attack against Ukraine at any time.

This afternoon, the President received an update on the Vice President's meetings at the Munich Security Conference with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine, European Commission President von der Leyen, NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg, leaders of the Baltic states (Prime Minister Kallas of Estonia, President Levits of Latvia, and President Nauseda of Lithuania), Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Mitsotakis of Greece, and leaders of other Allies and partners.

Tomorrow, the President will convene a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Ukraine.

Joseph R. Biden, Statement by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on President Biden's Briefings on Ukraine Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/354506

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