'As we've said, and I'll repeat, we're not going to put U.S. troops on the ground to fight Russians in Ukraine, down on the ground or in the air,' Harris told Savannah Guthrie.
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The U.S. has drawn the line on direct military support for Ukraine, which Harris reaffirmed on Wednesday. "We have deployed thousands of U.S. troops to our NATO alliance countries, Poland being one example, because we are prepared to assist our allies with what they need in terms of support, for example, in receiving refugees, but also we are there because we are an alliance."State of the Union speech“Let me be clear,” Biden said. “Our forces are not engaged and will not engage in the conflict with Russian forces in Ukraine.
"We listened to everything obviously, but it is irresponsible to escalate, and we feel very strongly about this," Harris said. "As you know, we have a history of working with Russia in terms of this issue. And will move on in terms of making sure that there is not escalation around this. Frankly, I think it's highly irresponsible.
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