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Biden says US troops in Ukraine are off the table but promises withering sanctions if Russia invades
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CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to defend the country from a Russian invasion a day after laying out the consequences for such an incursion in a tense phone call with President Vladimir Putin.
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"The United States is not seeking to end up in a circumstance in which the focus of our countermeasures is the direct use of military force," a senior administration official said.
CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to defend the country from a Russian invasion a day after laying out the consequences for such an incursion in a tense phone call with President Vladimir Putin.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House, Biden said he had made it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin during his nearly two-hour virtual meeting on Tuesday that there would be economic consequences like none before if Russia invades Ukraine.
Biden said Wednesday that his administration was not considering sending U.S. troops to Ukraine amid an alarming Russian military buildup on its shared border.
President Biden on Wednesday said the United States is not considering sending troops to Ukraine amid rising fears about the possibility of a Russian military invasion there.
President Biden ruled out the possibility of sending U.S. troops to Ukraine amid the Russian military buildup on the country's border but did warn that he would impose severe sanctions if Russia invaded its neighbor
