Joe Biden not planning to send troops to Ukraine but says Vladimir Putin ‘got the message’

Name: Biden warns Putin of strong economic sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine
Uploaded: 2021-12-08T19:49:13.000Z
Duration: 1 min 59 s
Description: Biden warns Putin of strong economic sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

The US president says he warned his Russian counterpart of sanctions ‘like none he’s ever seen’ should Moscow invade its neighbour

Biden said that in addition to economic measures, an attack would trigger a bolstered US military presence on the territory of Nato allies in eastern Europe

3-MIN READ3-MIN

US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

Agence France-Presse

Published: 3:49am, 9 Dec 2021Updated: 4:41am, 9 Dec 2021

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he had warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of unprecedented US sanctions should Russian troops massed on the border of Ukraine launch an attack.

A day after talking for two hours by video link, Biden said Putin got “the message”.

“I made it very clear if in fact he invades Ukraine there will be severe consequences, severe consequences – economic consequences like none he’s ever seen or ever have been seen,” Biden told reporters at the White House.

But Biden added that sending US troops to confront Russia was “not on the table”.

01:59

Biden warns Putin of strong economic sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine

Adding to diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin leader, new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of “consequences” for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a huge Russian project to deliver natural gas to Germany.