White House won’t define Russian deescalation but ‘will know it when we see it’

Published February 16, 2022 7:40pm ET



The White House sidestepped questions regarding its definition of a Russian deescalation toward Ukraine amid differences between Moscow’s troop movement claims and Washington’s intelligence.

“I’m not going to define that by troop numbers. I think we will know it when we see it,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday.

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