US says it will send troops to eastern Europe if Russia invades Ukraine
by Andrew Roth in Moscow and Julian Borgerin Washingt from World news | The Guardian on (#5SQZE)
Official says Washington would also impose economic measures, in a warning to Moscow on eve of talks between Biden and Putin
The US has said it would send reinforcements to Nato's eastern flank in the wake of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as imposing severe new economic measures, in a warning to Moscow on the eve of talks between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin.
Biden will also make clear to Putin that the US will not rule out future Ukrainian membership of Nato, as the Russian leader has demanded, a senior US official said.
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