Biden to impose personal sanctions on Putin if Russia invades Ukraine
January 26, 2022, 7:30 am

Biden to impose personal sanctions on Putin if Russia invades Ukraine

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The BBC reported, US President Joe Biden says he would consider personal sanctions on Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine.

Mr Biden said there would be "enormous consequences" for the world if Russia made a move on the nation, which sits on its south-western border.

His comments came as other Western leaders repeated warnings that Russia would pay a heavy price for invasion.

Taking questions from reporters, Mr Biden replied "yes" when asked whether he could see himself imposing sanctions on the Russian president personally the event of an invasion.

Vladimir Putin- Image credit: Russian Embassy in India Facebook page

He said such a move across Ukraine's border would mean "enormous consequences worldwide" and could amount to "the largest invasion since World War Two".

Mr Biden added that he would feel obliged to beef up Nato's presence in eastern Europe.

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He said: "We have to make it clear that there's no reason for anyone, any member of Nato, to worry whether... Nato would come to their defence."

But he repeated that there were no plans to send US troops to Ukraine itself.

The BBC said, Russia responded angrily to the remarks and accused the US and NATO of "flooding" Ukraine with weapons and western advisors.

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Moscow's Permanent Mission to the United Nations said in a statement: "There is no explanation for what the American fleet is doing near the Russian coast."

Source: BBC

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