United States President Joe Biden on Thursday called on American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately because of a possible Russian invasion, warning that the situation could “get out of control quickly”.
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“American citizens should leave, they should leave now. We are dealing with one of the largest armies in the world,” Biden said in an interview with NBC, referring to the Russian army.
“It’s a very different situation and things could quickly get out of hand,” he added.
The US president again said he would not send troops to the ground in Ukraine, even to evacuate Americans in the event of a Russian invasion.
It would be “a world war. When the Americans and the Russians start shooting at each other, we are in a very different world,” he said.
“What I hope is that if (…) (Putin) is reckless enough to go there, he is smart enough not to do anything that has a negative impact on American citizens” said Joe Biden again. about the Russian president.