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Biden warns Putin of ‘swift and severe costs’ if Russia invades Ukraine
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This combination of file photos shows Joe Biden (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Jim Watson and Grigory Dukor/Various Sources/AFP)
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden warned his Kremlin counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call today that the United States “will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia” should it invade Ukraine.
According to a readout from the White House, Biden stressed that “while the United States remains prepared to engage in diplomacy, in full coordination with our Allies and partners, we are equally prepared for other scenarios.”
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