Kamala Harris threatened Russia with 'unprecedented sanctions' in case of aggression against Ukraine

US Vice President Kamala Harris said that in the event of Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, Washington will apply tough and unprecedented sanctions against Russia. BBC.

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Harris says the US is in direct talks with Russia.

“We clearly understand that Russia should not violate the sovereignty of Ukraine, and we have defended and are defending its territorial integrity. We are working with our allies in this regard, and we have been very clear that we are ready to impose sanctions that we have not imposed before,” the vice president said.

She refused to clarify what kind of sanctions are in question and whether the sanctions of the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, will personally apply.

Previously, the sanctions did not stop President Putin.

“I will repeat that we are talking about sanctions that we have not applied before,” Harris emphasized.

Will there be a new war?

According to intelligence information from Western countries, there is a “high probability of destabilization” of Ukraine by Russia this winter. A large concentration of Russian troops is recorded near the borders of Ukraine - more than one hundred thousand.

Ukrainian officials speculated that a full-scale Russian invasion would be possible in late January.

The US and the EU have threatened the Russian Federation with serious sanctions in the event of a new invasion of Ukraine.

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Moscow denies accusations of plotting an attack on Ukraine and points to the intensification of NATO forces near Russian borders.

On November 18, Putin asked the Russian military to maintain “a certain tension” at the Russian borders “so that it would not occur to them to start some kind of unnecessary conflict on our western borders.”

On December 7, US President Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin held a video meeting, during which they discussed the situation around Ukraine. President Biden warned Putin about “economic measures” against Russia and increasing defense assistance to Ukraine in the event of aggression.

The Kremlin noted that Vladimir Putin argued that Kyiv was “dismantling” the Minsk agreements and demanded legal guarantees of NATO’s non-expansion to the East.

At the same time, both sides agreed to continue communication across Ukraine.

On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a draft agreement with the United States and NATO countries, in which it proposed to legally formalize NATO's refusal to further expand eastward and to accept Ukraine into its ranks.

Moscow also demands the withdrawal of troops and weapons of the “old members” of NATO from the territory of the new members of the alliance. Countries such as Poland or the Baltic countries that joined the bloc after the collapse of the USSR.

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On December 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he was afraid of the deployment of the latest American weapons on the territory of Ukraine.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• US intelligence discovered information that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans an attack on Ukraine on several fronts at once already at the beginning of 2022. According to intelligence services, 175 servicemen will take part in it.
• The White House says President Joe Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 7 that The United States stands ready to take decisive economic action in the event of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• «The question of NATO's relations with Ukraine will be decided by only 30 members of the alliance and Ukraine - and no one else, - said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
• Biden stated that American troops will not be stationed in Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion.

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