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Biden warns Putin: Russia will pay 'terrible price' if it invades Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden had made clear to the Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia's standing in the world would change "markedly" in the event of an incursion into Ukraine.   © Reuters

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) -- U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said he told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia would pay "a terrible price" and face devastating economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine.

Biden told reporters the possibility of sending U.S. ground combat troops to Ukraine in the event of a Russian invasion was "never on the table," although the United States and NATO would be required to send in more forces to eastern flank NATO countries to beef up their defenses.

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