Biden begins to sanction Moscow for 'beginning of a Russian invasion' of Ukraine
ABC News
He said more sanctions would come if Russia escalated its aggression.
President Joe Biden declared Tuesday that Russia's latest moves amounted to "the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine," announced new sanctions and said he would send additional U.S. troops to the region.
The president said the sanctions would target large Russian banks, Russia's sovereign debt, and, starting Wednesday, the Russian elite and their relatives, and he threatened to add more if Russian President Vladimir Putin takes even more aggressive action.
"This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do from his Duma," referring to the Russian parliament, Biden said in remarks from the White House.
He said, "if Russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further as with sanctions."
