Biden says ‘it will be a disaster for Russia’ if he decides to invade Ukraine

The US President, Joe Biden, said this Wednesday, January 19, 2022 that “it will be a disaster for Russia” if it finally decides to invade Ukraine and reiterated its threats of strong Economic sanctions.

Putin “has never seen sanctions like the ones I have promised will be imposed if he moves” towards Ukraine, Biden said at a press conference on the first anniversary of his coming to power, which falls on Thursday.

The US president warned that Moscow accountable, although he clarified that the measures that EE.UU. and your partners adopt will depend on the type of intervention military that Russia choose to do.

“It’s one thing if it’s a minor incursion and we end up arguing (in NATO) about what to do and what not to do, but if (the Russians) do what they’re capable of doing with a massive force on the border, it’s going to be a disaster for Russia,” Biden warned.

In this sense, he clarified that EE.UU. and its allies are prepared to “impose severe cost and significant damage” on Russia and its economy.

“If they invade -he stressed- they are going to pay, their banks are not going to be able to make transactions in dollars”.

However, he stressed that it depends on what Russia finally do: “I want to be clear that with the imposition of serious sanctions related to transactions in dollars (…) there is going to be a negative impact on the US as well as on the economies in Europe, as well as a devastating impact on Russia.”

“So I’m going to make sure that everyone is on the same page as we move forward” in sanctioning MoscowBiden remarked.

In parallel, the US president said that Washington will help “fortify” your allies from OTAN in the east of Europe: “We have already sent about 600 million dollars in sophisticated defense equipment to the Ukrainians.”

Biden also considered. that beyond the cost of lives in the Russian ranks, however much Russia gets away with it, it’s going to be strong, real and consistent.

Despite these threats, the president of EE.UU. see there’s still room for negotiate with his counterpart, Vladimir Putin, which asks for guarantees that Ukraine will never be part of NATO and that there will be no “strategic weapons station” of the Atlantic Alliance in Ukraine.

“We can work on something for the second,” said Biden, who regarding the first point stressed that there are international treaties and in Europe that indicate that one chooses who they want to be with.

“But the probability that Ukraine will join NATO in the short term is not very likely,” he stressed.

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