Harris warns Russia, on the cusp of invading Ukraine, of severe consequences
Vice President Kamala Harris stood beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday, vowing U.S. support for a nation on the brink of war shortly after warning in a speech that the U.S. and allies would punish Russia if it invades its neighbor.
The Ukrainian president, who decided to fly to Germany for meetings with the allies helping to fortify his nation’s defenses, pointedly questioned why the U.S. seemed to resist imposing sanctions until Russian troops rolled across his borders. His speech followed his meeting with Harris and a 13-minute speech by Harris to the annual Munich Security Conference. In her remarks, Harris reiterated the warnings sounded in recent days by President Biden and other administration officials, laying out the consequences for Russia if Putin launches a full-scale invasion.
The speech to heads of state, defense ministers, diplomats and a bipartisan contingent of U.S. lawmakers came after Biden on Friday, despite months of pressure from allies pushing him toward a diplomatic solution. “They are uncoiling and poised to strike,” Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III told reporters on Saturday during a news conference in Lithuania.
“The intelligence I trust is my intelligence,” the Ukrainian leader said. He noted his military has shown restraint in not responding to provocations by Russia and its allies in a way that would give the Kremlin a pretext to invade.
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