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US President Joe Biden echoed the US State Department’s travel advisory during a Thursday evening broadcast with NBC News anchor Lester Holt.”
American citizens should leave now,” Biden stressed, after asserting that there is no scenario in which he would deploy US troops to lead an evacuation of Americans from Ukraine, despite previous reports.
Such a move by the Pentagon would lead to a major conflict, according to the US president.
Biden tells Americans in Ukraine to 'leave now' as possible Russian invasion looms
“It’s not like we’re dealing with a terrorist organization. We’re dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. It’s a very different situation, and things could go crazy quickly” pic.twitter.com/kgwEjLE6v2
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“That’s a world war,” Biden said, “when Americans and Russians start shooting at one another.
We’re in a very different world than we’ve ever been in.”
He went on to ask how troops would go about finding American citizens that are presently in Ukraine.
“Things could go crazy quickly,” Biden warned.
Biden’s comment comes as officials in Russia continue to push back against Western claims that Moscow is attempting to install a “pro-Russian” puppet government in Ukraine, or plan to stage “stage fabricated attacks by Ukrainian military.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed a recent UK claim and British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab’s threats toward the Kremlin as an attempt to fuel drama and “create a tragedy that, however, looks more like a comedy.”