Joe Biden warns Vladimir Putin on 'decisive' action if Russia 'further' invades Ukraine
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Biden told Putin that while the United States remains prepared to engage in diplomacy, it is equally 'prepared for other scenarios'.
New Delhi: US President Joe Biden on Saturday (February 12, 2022) told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the West would respond decisively to any invasion of Ukraine and added that such a step would produce widespread suffering and isolate Moscow.
In the latest effort to manage growing hostility, the two leaders spoke over the phone for an hour, a day after Washington and its allies warned that the Russian military, which has 1,00,000 troops massed near Ukraine, could invade at 'any moment'.
"President Biden was clear that, if Russia undertakes a further invasion of Ukraine, the United States together with our Allies and partners will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia," the White House said in a statement.
