“I will look you in the eye and tell you as Pres. Biden looked Pres. Putin in the eye and told him today, that things we did not do in 2014—we are prepared to do now,” national security adviser Sullivan says of potential economic measures against Russia.
President Joe Biden is expected to warn the Russian leader during a video meeting that there will be consequences for invading Ukraine, as Russia amasses troops on the Ukrainian border.President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video meeting on Tuesday that the United States"would respond with strong economic and other measures in the event of military escalation," as Russia builds up its forces on its border with Ukraine.
Putin spoke from his residence in the Russian resort city Sochi. Biden was in the White House Situation Room; the White House released a photograph showing him seated with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan and other advisors.Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with U.S. President Joe Biden via a video link in Sochi, Russia, Dec. 7, 2021.
The leaders had spoken the day before, after which the White House said they"called on Russia to de-escalate tensions"; agreed that diplomacy" was"the only way forward"; and"underscored their support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity."The senior administration official said the U.S. was watching a series of events unfold similar to the lead-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2014, when it annexed the Crimean Peninsula.
This satellite image released by Maxar Technologies on Dec. 5, 2021, reportedly shows Russian military deployment in the Novo Ozernoye region of Crimea on Oct. 18, 2021.
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