WASHINGTON As President Biden warned that Russia may soon launch an invasion of Ukraine in what would be the biggest military operation in Europe since World War II, peace organizations here and even some governments in Europe, among them Germany and Ukraine itself, are calling upon Washington to.
The European Union warned Russia on Friday that it would face consequences if it invaded Ukraine, as Germany's new chancellor called for talks to resolve tensions after Moscow amassed troops on the border with its southwestern neighbour.
2. and i hope president biden spelled out exactly what it is. i would want him to do it publicly because that credibly commits the united states and our allies to do it. but it means there will be serious economic consequences. it was pretty clear to me, however, there will not be a military response, and i think that s also important. united states is not going to go to war with russia over ukraine, and everybody, i think, needs to understand that, but there will be deep economic consequences if he takes military action. and i think that was a very appropriate message for the president to deliver today. tell us about that line that appears in both readouts in almost the same language, that the staffs will get to work talking to each other about this. that was you. that was secretary of state. that was the ambassador. that was national security adviser. that s the whole team on the american side will get together
that s not true. there are many more things that could be done on that front. but in addition, if we re not going to go to war with russia over ukraine, and i believe that we should not, we should give the ukrainians the full capabilities to defend themselves. and i think there s much more that could be done in terms of weapons from the united states from other nato allies to help ukrainians more adequately deter the russians from using military force. the senate is debating military policy this week on the ndaa. i will not be surprised to hear that coming up. ambassador, i have, like, less than a minute left. let me try to squeeze one more nugget of information out of you. if russia does invade ukraine, do you think it s only a matter of time before china looks over and says hey, taiwan, what are you guys seeing over here, and there s another war on that side of the plan snet. american commitments to taiwan are greater than we have to ukraine. and a bigger history there. but these