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The Russian army has started a large-scale military exercise in Belarus, which is adjacent to Ukraine, and has effectively blocked the Black Sea, the road to Ukraine.
The U.S. has sent an additional 3,000 troops to Poland, saying that a Russian ground attack could begin on the 16th.
Amid heightened concerns such as a surge in international oil prices and a sharp decline in the stock market, President Biden and President Putin will have a telephone conversation tomorrow (13th).
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung in Washington DC.
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fighter jet is urgently scrambled, and a tank unit crosses the plain.
Russia's largest military exercise in history has begun on the Belarusian border, just 75 kilometers from the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.
The Russian fleet blocked the entrance to the Black Sea and blocked the way to the Ukrainian port.
U.S. intelligence agencies are known to have determined that Russia was 80% ready for an all-out war with Ukraine.
US President Biden has suggested a possible Russian ground attack on the 16th in a videoconference with European allies, Politico reported.
[Sullivan/White House National Security Adviser: I want to clarify this point.
There are many predictions that something will happen after the Olympics, but it can also start during the Olympics.] The
U.S. government has advised Americans to leave Ukraine within 48 hours, and the U.S. embassy has also been withdrawn. .
[Holt/NBC Anchor: How are you planning to deploy US troops to rescue the Americans (in Ukraine)?]
[Biden/President of the United States (NBC interview): It won't.
Doing so will cause a world war.
The world will be a completely different place if the US and Russia start shooting at each other.]
Eight countries, including Korea, the UK, Japan and Germany, have advised their citizens to leave Ukraine.
To avoid a military clash, President Biden and Putin have agreed to hold a phone meeting tomorrow.
Military tensions over Ukraine weigh heavily on the White House.
(Video coverage: Oh Jeong-sik)