US also ready to impose ‘swift and severe consequences should Russia instead choose war’
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Picture: SAUL LOEB/REUTERS
Messages seeking comment from the Kremlin and from the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy were not immediately returned early on Monday. Oil prices fell, Asian share markets pared losses and Wall Street futures rallied as the glimmer of hope for a diplomatic solution emerged.But Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, said he is sceptical the summit will take place.
US-based satellite imagery company Maxar reported multiple new deployments of Russian military units in forests, farms, and industrial areas as little as 15km from the border with Ukraine. She also said Washington has credible information that Russian forces are likely to use lethal measures to disperse protests or to counter “peaceful exercises of perceived resistance from civilian populations”.
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