Russia has moved supplies of blood and medical equipment into position on their border. Russia’s naval vessels are maneuvering in the Black Sea to Ukraine’s south, including amphibious assault ships, missile cruisers, and submarines. Russia has moved troops closer to Ukraine’s border with Russia. And as I said, Russian forces remain positioned in Belarus to attack Ukraine from the north, including war planes and offensive missile systems.
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There are - there are still well over 150,000 Russian troops surrounding Ukraine. But Russia has only escalated its threat against the rest of Ukrainian territory, including major cities and including the capital city of Kyiv. I hope I’m wrong about that - hope we’re wrong about that. We still believe that Russia is poised to go much further in launching a massive military attack against Ukraine. We want to send an unmistakable message, though, that the United States, together with our Allies, will defend every inch of NATO territory and abide by the commitments we made to NATO. Let me be clear: These are totally defensive moves on our part. forces and equipment already stationed in Europe to strengthen our Baltic Allies - Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Today, in response to Russia’s admission that it will not withdraw its forces from Belarus, I have authorized additional movements of U.S. And we’ll continue to reinforce and reassure our NATO Allies. The United States will continue to provide defensive assistance to Ukraine in the meantime.
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Russia will pay an even steeper price if it continues its aggression, including additional sanctions. They share in the corrupt gains of the Kremlin policies and should share in the pain as well.Īnd because of Russia’s actions, we’ve worked with Germany to ensure Nord Stream 2 will not - as I promised - will not move forward.Īs Russia contemplates its next move, we have our next move prepared as well. Starting tomorrow and continuing in the days ahead, we will also impose sanctions on Russia’s elites and their family members. It can no longer raise money from the West and cannot trade in its new debt on our markets or European markets either. That means we’ve cut off Russia’s government from Western financing. We’re implementing comprehensive sanctions on Russian sovereign debt.
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We’re implementing full blocking sanctions on two large Russian financial institutions: V.E.B. These have been closely coordinated with our Allies and partners, and we’ll continue to escalate sanctions if Russia escalates. So, today, I’m announcing the first tranche of sanctions to impose costs on Russia in response to their actions yesterday. Russia has now undeniably moved against Ukraine by declaring these independent states. We’ve said all along and I’ve told Putin to his face a mon- a month a- more than a month ago that we would act together and the moment Russia moved against Ukraine. Over the last few months, we have coordinated closely with our NATO Allies and partners in Europe and around the world to prepare that response. Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbors? This is a flagrant violation of international law, and it demands a firm response from the international community. And if Russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further as - with sanction.
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So, let’s begin to - so, I’m going to begin to impose sanctions in response, far beyond the steps we and our Allies and partners implemented in 2014. This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do from his Duma. And if we listen to his speech last night - and many of you did, I know - he’s - he’s setting up a rationale to go much further. He’s setting up a rationale to take more territory by force, in my view. Today, he asserted that these regions are - actually extend deeper than the two areas he recognized, claiming large areas currently under the jurisdiction of the Ukraine government. Last night, Putin authorized Russian forces to deploy into the region - these regions. To put it simply, Russia just announced that it is carving out a big chunk of Ukraine. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of Ukraine as independent states and he bizarrely asserted that these regions are no longer part of Ukraine and their sovereign territory. THE PRESIDENT: Trying to make up your mind, huh? (Laughter.)