US President Joe Biden warned his Kremlin counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call Saturday that the US “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.”
Putin told Biden that the US response to Russia’s main security demands had not taken into account key concerns and that Moscow would respond soon, the Kremlin said.
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Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, during a 35-minute call with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, stressed that the path for diplomatic engagement remained open, a State Department official said.
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