This territory is and will remain Ukraine, and Ukraine has every right to defend its land, to defend its people and to take back the territory that Russia has seized from it.” “The entire process around these sham referenda was a complete farce. “No one is fooled by what Moscow has done,” Blinken told reporters at a joint news conference with Canada’s visiting foreign minister. This is a clear violation of international law and the United Nations Charter." “unequivocally rejects Russia’s fraudulent attempt to change Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, echoing Biden, said the U.S. financial penalties, similar to those coming from like-minded countries, will impose severe costs on people and companies “that provide political or economic support to illegal attempts to change the status of Ukrainian territory.” The sanctions will apply to countries, people or firms that support or do business with Russia-backed authorities in the newly annexed areas. and its European allies are rushing to complete agreement on a measure they hope will do more to damage Russia's economy: a cap on Russia's maritime oil exports that would undermine the prices Putin can demand for his country's oil globally.įor now, Biden said the new U.S. The administration hopes they will serve to further undermine support for Putin’s invasion among Russia’s elite. While the Biden administration has identified the suppliers of Russia's weapons and battlefield high-tech as a priority, many of Friday's other sanctions were in line with penalties already enacted on thousands of Russian individuals and companies, and may have comparatively little impact on the war effort. Putin, don’t misunderstand what I’m saying. “America is fully prepared, prepared with our NATO allies to defend every single inch of NATO territory. and NATO allies would not allow Russia to attack any of the nearby NATO members without facing a strong military response.
General Assembly, where a vast majority of other members also voiced support for respecting the territorial integrity of all nations On Friday, he used the moment to reiterate that the U.S. and Western allies had previewed what their reaction would be.īut the developments dramatically increased tensions to a point not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago during the Cold War.īiden had spoken out against the annexation plans last week at the U.N. Russian President Vladimir Putin's announcement that Russia is incorporating four Ukrainian cities and areas was not unexpected following referendums this week that the West had denounced as shams. He added that Putin "can’t seize his neighbor’s territory and get away with it.” “America and its allies are not going to be intimidated by Putin and his reckless words and threats," Biden told reporters.
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