Russia , United States Can Biden and NATO prevent Putin from invading Ukraine? Summit puts it to the test.

The video summit between President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin didn’t resolve the most dangerous foreign-policy crisis so far for the Biden presidency: Can the United States and its NATO partners prevent Russia from taking over Ukraine by force?...

The Ukrainian army is far better armed and trained now, and Putin is likely reluctant to take heavy casualties. But, after all this drama, he is also unlikely to do nothing.

So the real test for Biden and European leaders is whether they can hold together on truly tough sanctions if Putin avoids a mass invasion but bites off another piece of Ukraine. “Or whether Putin persuades the West to squeeze Ukraine’s leaders into accepting a role as a Russian satellite.

Eastern European members of NATO are already expressing fears that Biden will make concessions.

“This is a moment of truth for NATO,” I was told by Alexander Vershbow, the former deputy secretary-general of the organization. And for Biden as well.

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