Biden warns Russia of 'paying terrible price' if it invades Ukraine!!

WASHINGTON: Putin told Biden that he would 'really want' to meet him in person when they spoke by video conference early this month: reports. US President Joe Biden on Saturday said he had made it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay "a terrible price" and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine.

Biden told reporters the possibility of sending US ground combat troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion was "never on the table," although the United States and NATO would be required to send in more forces to eastern flank NATO countries to beef up their defenses.

"I made it absolutely clear to President Putin ... that if he moves on Ukraine, the economic consequences for his economy are going to be devastating, devastating," he said.
Biden, who spoke with Putin by telephone for two hours last week, said he told the Russian leader clearly that Russia's standing in the world would change "markedly" in the event of an incursion into Ukraine.

Putin reportedly told Biden that he would "really want" to meet him in person when they spoke by video conference earlier this month, RIA quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Sunday.
But Putin had no particular grounds for optimism after speaking to Biden because of continued, and very serious, conceptual differences between Russia and the US, Peskov said, according to RIA. Meanwhile, top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialised nations met Saturday in Liverpool for talks dominated by Russia's build-up of troops near Ukraine's border and what host country Britain called Moscow's malign behaviour around the world. The UK called for show of unity against global aggressors.

UK for unity against Russia's behaviour

The UK called for a show of unity against global aggressors as it welcomed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other G-7 foreign ministers amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis and tensions with China and Iran.

We need to defend ourselves against the growing threats from hostile actors," British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said as she opened the meeting of foreign ministers from the UK, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.

The US and its NATO allies are concerned that the movement of Russian troops and weapons to the border region with Ukraine may be a prelude to an invasion and have said they would inflict heavy sanctions on Russia's economy if that happens.
Moscow denies having any plans to attack Ukraine and accuses Kyiv of its own allegedly aggressive designs.

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