Biden Hosts German Chancellor, French President Travels to Moscow for Ukraine Talks
Summary from the AllSides News Team
World leaders held more in-person talks on the Ukraine crisis Monday amid a Russian military build-up along the Ukrainian border.
French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Moscow to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz flew to Washington, D.C. to strategize with President Joe Biden; voices across the spectrum have addressed Germany's reluctance to offer military support in the crisis. U.S. intelligence suggests that Putin has assembled 70% of the military personnel and weapons needed for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine along the border. Russia remains adamant that it doesn't intend to invade, and Putin has criticized the U.S. and other NATO countries for purportedly ignoring Russian security concerns and demands pertaining to Ukraine.
Sources across the spectrum highlighted Monday's meeting between Biden and Scholz in the context of ongoing questions about Germany's role in the crisis and its dependence on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a planned project to transmit Russian natural gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Some reports from left-rated outlets framed Macron's meeting with Putin as productive; some coverage from right-rated outlets framed Putin as uninterested in a solution.
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