White House: Ukraine 'is not a comparable situation' to Afghanistan

White House press secretary Jen Psaki pushed back on the need for the U.S. government to “put plans in place” to evacuate Americans from Ukraine should Russia invade.

Psaki’s comments on Tuesday came directly following President Joe Biden’s video call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. National security adviser Jake Sullivan said that on the call, Biden “was direct and straightforward” when telling Putin the United States and its allies would enact economic countermeasures and ramp up military aid to Ukraine if Russia didn’t de-escalate the situation at the border.