The US ambassador to the United Nations said the Security Council would confront Russia over its military threat against Ukraine.
In the event of an invasion, Menendez said the Kremlin would face “the mother of all sanctions” targeting Russian banks to cripple the country’s economy.”These are sanctions beyond any that we have ever levied before,” Menendez said.
“There’s a lot of us that believe that, if Putin sees weakness, if he sees bumbling, if he sees ineptitude, if he sees indecision, that he will take advantage of that. I don’t think he’s made a decision to do that yet,” Risch said on CNN, appearing alongside Menendez. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby reiterated that there would be economic consequences for Russia but that there is still time to reach a diplomatic solution.host Dana Perino about the potential consequences Putin could face if he launches an invasion into Ukraine.
“We still believe there’s room and space for diplomacy and we’d like to see that be the solution here,” he added.
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