Biden Warns Putin Not To Invade Ukraine

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🗓️ 8 December 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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President Biden warns Vladimir Putin not to invade Ukraine as evidence emerges of Russia amassing a large military presence at its border. The White House reports that Biden looked Putin “in the eye” during a video call and said the U.S. is prepared to do things it didn’t when Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 in violation of international law. Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Admiral James Stavridis (Ret.) joins to discuss this escalating situation.

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0:00.0	News continues, let's hand it over to Michael Smirconish and CNN tonight, Michael.
0:05.8	Anderson, thank you.
0:06.8	I am Michael Smirconish.
0:07.8	This is CNN tonight.
0:09.2	The President Biden's put Vladimir Putin on notice.
0:12.0	There will be consequences if Russia decides to invade Ukraine.
0:16.5	But was he able to dial Putin back today from the Brink of War in their two-hour video
0:21.2	summit?
0:22.2	That's the looming question tonight.
0:24.1	It certainly looks like the Brink of War.
0:26.6	Russia has been amassing tens of thousands of troops on its border with Ukraine potentially,
0:31.7	as many as 175,000, along with weapons and tanks and other military equipment, all caught
0:38.0	on satellite cam.
0:39.7	Could it all be just a bluff, just a show of force?
0:43.5	Perhaps, but not likely.
0:45.2	Putin wasn't bluffing when his country invaded Crimea in 2014 in violation of international
0:50.2	law.
0:51.2	And remember, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine after a military intervention.
0:56.1	The international community still considers Crimea as Ukrainian territory.
1:01.2	So this was likely the most important foreign policy conversation of the Biden presidency
1:06.2	thus far, the secure call via video link it began with pleasantries.
1:11.4	Hello.
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