Pres. Biden: 'At every step, we've shown the United States and our allies and partners are working in unison—which he hasn't been counting, Mr. Putin.'
President Joe Biden announced new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday following Russian President Vladimir Putin signaling he would send"military assistance" to the two Russian-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine whose independence Moscow has recognized.
In his first public remarks since Friday on Ukraine, the president said Putin is"setting up a rationale to take more territory by force." He also said any path forward should ensure that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline not be allowed to ever proceed. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez, a Democrat, has also called on the Biden Administration to impose"severe sanctions," telling CNN Tuesday that it's time to"stop equivocating" on whether or not there has been an invasion.
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