on the most severe sanctions against russia that have been drawn up in order to leave open the possibility of a diplomatic solution here. that being said, they are the president and his team are using that team word invasion, that is a worth it and not use yesterday. so it indicates further and the that is the description that the u. s. government has of what they see playing out on the ground near the russian ukrainian border. but that being said you saw biden hold back on the sanctions today. he did not rule out the most aggressive and punishing sanctions that the u. s. could impose on russia. he has said if russia continues to advance continues to accelerate, this movement into ukraine, this invasion as he put it, the sanctions will continue from the u. s., and of course from western allies as well. but biden is leaving open the hope, the glimmer of some sort of diplomacy here in the hours ahead.
biden hold back on the sanctions today. he did not rule out the most aggressive and punishing sanctions that the u.s. could impose on russia. he has said if russia continues to advance continues to accelerate, this movement into ukraine, this invasion as he put it, the sanctions will continue from the u.s., and of course from western allies as well. but biden is leaving open the hope, the glimmer of some sort of diplomacy here in the hours ahead. so admiral, what do you see in terms of that continuing advanced? what are you looking for? what should we watch for in terms of any military action in the coming days? i would watch for cyber and cyberattacks, particularly those directed at the overall ukrainian grid, as well as ukrainian command and control. putin will want to degrade the ability of kyiv to control those forces that are in the field. number two, i would watch for
ukraine yesterday. no one really said how that talk went, what came out of it. i mean, clearly nothing has changed in the situation at hand. but we asked repeatedly the u.s. government what would be an escalation exactly for those larger costs to go into effect and by the same token what would be deescalation at this point? because the west has been continuing to call for a deescalation and saying that there s still a door open for a reversal of course, there s still a door open to dialogue. so how would things deescalate now? because as we said it s not as if russia s going to leave crimea. and the u.s. responded saying, well, a dialogue. if russia would simply sit down and talk directly to ukraine, that would be seen as something of a deescalation. an escalation, of course, would be a movement into ukraine, but the bigger question is, well, what about russia staying in crimea, is that an escalation? at this point those greater cost which is would impact economic
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