While Pres. Biden has repeatedly said the U.S. will not send troops to Ukraine to fight Russia, he warned today that 'Russia would pay a severe price' if it used chemical weapons in Ukraine—raising questions over what those consequences would look like.
President Joe Biden announced new economic sanctions against Russia on Friday.While President Joe Biden has repeated that the U.S.
"They have used chemical weapons, which again, they are the only country in the mix here who possesses those, in Syria, and time again, we have warned about this particular pretext, and so it is something that we are being attentive to," he said."Russia is the only country in this equation with a chemical and biological weapons program in violation of international law."
"I can foresee what the reaction will be from our Western colleagues, who I am sure are going to be saying now that all of this information is fake and Russian propaganda, but this is self-delusion and I do not think this will be helpful to the European people in case there are outbreaks in Ukraine and neighboring states," said U.N. Ambassador for Russia Vassily Nebenzya.
"We believe it is an ominous sign they are possibly doing it for cover," the official said of the Russian pretext.
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