OREANDA-NEWS. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky considers an "invasion" of the country by Russia unlikely, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing sources.

The newspaper notes, citing US officials, that in a telephone conversation with Zelensky, US President Joe Biden warned that the security threat from Russia had allegedly increased. Zelensky replied that the threat had existed since 2014, to which Biden pointed out that Russian troops were in southern Belarus, "which could potentially change the rules of the game," the newspaper writes.

Zelenskiy continues to view an invasion as unlikely, according to people familiar with his thinking, and is concerned that the dire public warnings from the United States of a possible invasion serve to expand Russia's efforts to destabilize Ukraine and its economy.

The newspaper emphasizes that Zelensky's approach towards Moscow has hardened since he came to power in 2019, but he always leaves room for diplomacy and urges to remain calm in order to keep Ukraine and its economy safe.

Citing senior Ukrainian officials, the newspaper writes that the Ukrainian authorities were particularly annoyed by the US decision to remove the families of diplomats and non-essential personnel from Kiev, creating the impression that "the capital is about to fall, like Kabul a few months earlier." At the end of January, Zelensky claimed that before important meetings like the Normandy format, reports of an alleged invasion by the Russian Federation were deliberately pumped up.