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Russia

is studying "without optimism" the response of the

United States

to its security demands, especially its categorical opposition to the expansion of

NATO

, a reaction on which the outcome of the current

military tension with Ukraine will depend

For its part, the United States awaits Russia's reaction to its letter before taking

the next steps on the crisis

in Ukraine due to the concentration of Russian troops on its border.

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Tensions between Moscow and Washington increase nuclear risk

The strong tensions between Russia and the US over Ukraine increase the risk of resorting to nuclear weapons and causing a planetary disaster, according to the organization ICAN, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize in 2017.


" It doesn't matter if the conflict involves one or several countries that have nuclear weapons, it is extremely dangerous," said Beatrice Finhn, who leads the international campaign for the abolition of these weapons.


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Biden sees a 'distinct possibility' of Russia invading Ukraine in February

The president of the United States, Joe Biden, considers that there is a "clear possibility" that Russia invades Ukraine in February and communicated this to his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodímir Zelenski, during a telephone call on Thursday.

"President Biden said there is a distinct possibility that the Russians could invade Ukraine in February," White House National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne wrote on her official Twitter account.

The spokeswoman spoke in this way after denying information published by the CNN network, which quoted an official Ukrainian source according to which Biden had told Zelensky that it was practically confirmed that Russia would invade Ukraine once the ground was frozen, and that it could "plunder" Kiev.

Horne dismissed that version as "completely false" and said that Biden had only communicated his impression that it was possible, but not certain, that Russia would invade the country in February.

In his call with Zelensky, Biden "reaffirmed the readiness of the United States and its allies and partners to respond decisively if Russia invades" Ukraine, according to a White House statement.

The US president told Zelensky that he is evaluating the possibility of granting "additional macroeconomic support to help Ukraine's economy, given the pressure that has resulted from the increase in Russian military forces" on the country's borders.

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