{"id":406967,"date":"2022-02-17T21:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kamala-harris-flies-to-europe-to-secure-ukraine-border\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T21:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:29:50","slug":"kamala-harris-flies-to-europe-to-secure-ukraine-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kamala-harris-flies-to-europe-to-secure-ukraine-border\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kamala Harris flies to Europe to secure Ukraine border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Kamala Harris flies to Europe to secure Ukraine border<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris set off Thursday on a peace mission to Europe as Russia <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to accelerate preparations for an invasion of Ukraine \u2014 undeterred by her failure to resolve the ongoing US-Mexico border crisis as President Biden\u2019s point person on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>About two hours after Harris departed DC to attend the Munich Security Conference, Biden emerged from the White House and said he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will launch an invasion of Ukraine \u201cwithin the next several days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Harris flew east to Germany, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed west to Lorain, Ohio, to talk about fixing Great Lakes pollution through his three-month-old bipartisan infrastructure law \u2014 prompting his aides to insist the jaunt wouldn\u2019t distract him from the potential outbreak of the largest and deadliest conflict in Europe since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI doubt [Putin\u2019s] sitting back at the Kremlin right now shaking because Kamala Harris is over there,\u201d Rep Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newsmax\/status\/1494026583073566725\">said in an interview <\/a>with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>max TV Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe couldn\u2019t pour something out of a boot if there were instructions written on the heel,\u201d Burchett added. \u201cShe can\u2019t even find our southern border, much less the Ukrainian border. This is a joke, this is a travesty.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris departing to attend the Munich Security Conference amid tensions between Ukraine and Russia on February 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21246177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Vice President Kamala Harris departed to attend the Munich Security Conference amid tensions between Ukraine and Russia on February 17, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by ANDREW HARNIK\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biden tapped Harris in March to stem illegal immigration across the southern border, but the crisis only got worse, with a record-breaking\u00a01.9\u00a0million arrests\u00a0in 2021. Critics blame lax Biden administration enforcement policies, but Harris defended her work last month in Honduras, saying addressing the \u201croot causes\u201d of illegal immigration wouldn\u2019t have an effect \u201covernight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice president\u2019s performance on the US border crisis received bipartisan blowback, including from Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), who said in December, \u201cShe was tasked with that job, [but] it doesn\u2019t look like she\u2019s very interested in this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBiden is deploying Kamala Harris to Europe to help ease Russia-Ukraine tensions,\u201d Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn\/status\/1491958022096183314\">tweeted last week<\/a>, adding sarcastically: \u201cRight, because she\u2019s doing so well with our southern border\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Harris will be meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as well as other Baltic country leaders.\" class=\"wp-image-21246204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Harris will be meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as well as other Baltic leaders.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by ANDREW HARNIK\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-Map-Article-Feb18-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=783\" alt=\"A graphic showing the current situation at the Ukraine-Russia border.\" class=\"wp-image-21246436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-Map-Article-Feb18-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1566 1566w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-Map-Article-Feb18-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1174 1174w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-Map-Article-Feb18-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=783 783w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-Map-Article-Feb18-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=391 391w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Ukraine-Map-Article-Feb18-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\"\/><figcaption>A graphic showing the current situation at the Ukraine-Russia border.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1491504817944080387\">tweeted<\/a> a video clip of fictional boss Michael Scott from \u201cThe Office\u201d shouting, \u201cNo, God, please no! No! No! No!\u201d to suggest Ukraine\u2019s probable reaction to Harris repping the US in Munich.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> users were more supportive. \u201cSafe travels and give\u2019em hell MVP!\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisFromGA68\/status\/1494289891433201669\">one person tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After arriving in Europe, Harris will meet with the leaders of the three Baltic countries \u2014 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania \u2014 on Friday before delivering a set-piece speech Saturday about the Ukraine crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Harris also will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Biden is not attending the conference and instead left to visit Ohio.\" class=\"wp-image-21246218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/kamala-03.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden is not attending the conference and instead left to visit Ohio.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, Pool<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Thursday that Biden\u2019s trip to Ohio would not distract from his focus on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA senior State Department official this morning said that this is perhaps the most perilous moment for peace and security since the Cold War,\u201d a reporter asked. \u201cSo is there a concern that this trip could distract the president from thinking about Ukraine and Russia?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Pierre replied, \u201cEvery president, whether it\u2019s a Democratic president or a Republican, has dealt with multiple crises as once. And that\u2019s what this president is doing. He was vice president before, he\u2019s been in the Senate. He knows how to deal with multiple crises at the same time \u2026 But this is not going to deter him from what he needs to do for the American public.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a Wednesday night call with reporters, officials defended Biden\u2019s decision to skip the annual Munich conference and send Harris in his stead.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting the front line near Donetsk, Ukraine on February 17, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-21246164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting the front line near Donetsk, Ukraine, on February 17, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE HANDOUT<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHe has attended in the past,\u201d a reporter pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen-Vice President Biden attended the Munich Conference on multiple occasions.\u00a0 And, of course, when he was a senator, he attended the Munich Security Conference multiple times.\u00a0He understands how important the conference itself is,\u201d a US official replied, adding: \u201cWe are delighted that the vice president is able to lead the US delegation to Munich now, and think that this is really a great opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Biden was vice president in 2014, Russia invaded the\u00a0Crimean\u00a0peninsula and then annexed the territory from Ukraine following a disputed referendum. Putin\u2019s government also allegedly fomented rebellion by a pair of pro-Russia breakaway states in eastern Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden subsequently led the Obama administration\u2019s Ukraine policy. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/JU\/JU00\/20191211\/110331\/HMKP-116-JU00-20191211-SD984.pdf\">In 2014<\/a>, his son Hunter joined the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma, despite no relevant industry experience, and earned a reported annual salary of up to $1 million. The per-capita GDP is<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD?locations=UA\"> less than $4,000<\/a> in the poor and notoriously corrupt nation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A satellite image of Russian military supplies in a rail yard in Yelnya, Russia about 186 miles from the border with Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21246130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/ukraine-border.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A satellite image of Russian military supplies in a rail yard in Yelnya, Russia, about 186 miles from the border with Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian officials insist there\u2019s no invasion of Ukraine in the works, but US and Western officials have repeatedly warned of an invasion for weeks. One official alleged that Russia had moved 7,000 more troops to Ukraine\u2019s border in recent days despite claiming a withdrawal of some of the roughly 150,000 Russian troops nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Biden threatened last week to penalize Russia\u00a0by blocking operation of the\u00a0Nord\u00a0Stream\u00a02 natural gas pipeline, which is poised to begin piping fuel directly to Germany via the Baltic Sea rather than through Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Russia invades \u2014 that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine, again \u2014 then there will be\u00a0no longer a\u00a0Nord\u00a0Stream\u00a02,\u201d\u00a0Biden said at a joint press conference with Scholz.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"President Biden threatened to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.\" class=\"wp-image-21246121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/joe-biden-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>President Biden threatened to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">REUTERS\/Kevin Lamarque<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Scholz seemed less enthused about the idea \u2014 saying \u201cwe are absolutely united\u201d but pointedly refusing to say the words \u201cNord Stream 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden said in a TV interview last week that he won\u2019t send US troops into\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0to evacuate Americans if Russia invades because doing so\u00a0could trigger a \u201cworld war\u201d\u00a0and \u201cthings could go crazy quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has threatened \u201csevere\u201d sanctions against Russia, but he horrified Ukrainian officials last month when he said that\u00a0a \u201cminor\u00a0incursion\u201d\u00a0by Russia into Ukraine might result in less severe penalties \u2014 with one saying that the remark could give Putin a \u201cgreen light\u201d to invade.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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