December 8, 2021

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden didn't accept Russian leader Vladimir Putin's "red lines" on Ukraine during their high-stakes video call Tuesday that came as Russia's military builds its presence on the Ukrainian border.

Namely, that means the U.S. isn’t accepting Putin’s demand that Ukraine be denied entrance into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which is the world’s most powerful military alliance. An attack on one NATO country is considered an attack on all of them.

As it stands now, with Ukraine not in NATO, Biden and Western allies have warned Moscow that an invasion of Russia’s ex-Soviet neighbor will trigger economic and political countermeasures.

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