“If Putin had used chemical weapons, the United States would have responded,” Biden said in Brussels on Thursday. “The nature of the response will depend on the nature of the use.”
The US president announced new sanctions on more than 400 people and entities that “feed the Russian war machine”, including 300 members of the Russian parliament. “NATO has never been more united than it is today,” he said.
“Putin bet on the disintegration of NATO … it was clear to me that he did not believe we could maintain this cohesion. Putin gets the exact opposite “from what he intended as a consequence of the attack on Ukraine,” he said.
Mr Biden said he would like to see Russia move away from the G20, but if that does not happen, Ukraine should be an observer.
“The United States is committed to providing more than $ 2 billion “in military equipment in Ukraine and more than $ 1 billion in humanitarian aid to millions of Ukrainians affected by the war in Ukraine.”
NATO and European allies are united in supporting Ukraine with military and humanitarian aid, he said, and in imposing “the most significant economic sanctions regime ever” to “Cripple” Vladimir Putin’s economy.
Asked about his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last Friday, Biden said:
“I made the consequences clear to him. I did not threaten“But I made it clear to him the consequences of helping Russia.”
Biden noted that he “noted the number of American and foreign companies that have left Russia as a result of its brutal behavior.” “I showed that (Xi) would put himself in significant danger,” he said.
“I think China understands what its economic future is much more closely linked to the West rather than with Russia, “he remarked.
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