Vice President Kamala Harris is taking center stage in front of a large, international audience on Saturday to deliver a keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany as the brewing conflict between Russia and Ukraine reaches a boiling point
The remarks come at a high stakes moment for Harris, just shortly after the United States' repeated warnings on Friday of efforts by Russia to mount an invasion. During the speech, Harris expected to emphasize the significant costs Russia will face if they invade Ukraine.
"We have been putting the world on notice of what we're afraid of and seeing from the Russians, these provocations, that we fear that they could use as a pretext for invading Ukraine and the past hours or days, unfortunately, we have seen some of those," the official said.Russian misinformation is building up to a false justification for Putin to order an invasion, Biden said, accusing Russia of ceasefire violations in the"rapidly escalating crisis.
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