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Sabine Siebold and Pavel Polityuk

West stresses unified stance on Ukraine after Biden's 'minor incursion' remark

A satellite image shows equipment deployed at Klimovo Railyard in Klimovo, Russia January 19, 2022. ©2022 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS

The United States and Western countries sought to project unity and a tough stance over Ukraine on Thursday, after U.S. President Joe Biden suggested allies were split over how to react to any potential "minor incursion" from Russia.

Biden rowed back on his comments, made during a Wednesday news conference, saying on Thursday that "I have been absolutely clear with President (Vladimir) Putin, he has no misunderstanding. If any, any assembled Russian units move across the Ukrainian border that is an invasion".

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