John Kirby: ‘It Is Still Not Entirely Clear What Mr. Putin’s Intentions Are’

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KIRBY: “We continue to see a build-up of military, Russian military forces in the areas around eastern — northeastern and eastern Ukraine, on obviously western Russia. This build-up is concerning to us. It is still not entirely clear what Mr. Putin’s intentions are. Again, I won’t speak for the White House. I think my colleague at the White House has already spoken to the President’s upcoming conversation with President Putin. And what we have done here at the department is continue to have conversations with our allies and partners about this situation, sharing with them what we can about what we’re seeing, and making sure that that they know that our commitment to NATO and to alliance priorities is — is simply not going to change."