Opinion: Putin confronts the mud of Ukraine
Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with local Russian officials in the Kremlin in Moscow, on December 30, 2021. - US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin emphasised the need for diplomatic solutions ahead of their latest phone call on December 29, 2021, aimed at defusing tensions surrounding the Ukraine conflict. The call, which will begin at 2030 GMT, also comes ahead of talks between representatives of the two rivals in Geneva in January, with Washington saying it expects to discuss the Ukraine conflict and Moscow insisting its security demands be contended with. (Photo by Mikhail Metzel / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL METZEL/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

Opinion: Putin confronts the mud of Ukraine

Are NATO and the US prepared for the consequences of any further move into Ukraine by Russia, which has already seized territory there and backed an insurgency in the eastern part of the country? At a news conference Wednesday marking his first year in office, President Joe Biden warned Putin against an invasion, threatening a strong response by the US and NATO, but waffled over what would happen if Russia made a “minor incursion,” in an awkward statement he sought to clarify afterward.

“The Russian dictator has not been subtle or secretive about what he wants. He might as well make the…

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