The U.S. is prepared to take greater steps to respond to Russia aggression after President Biden's phone call last week with Russian President Putin, Sec. of State Blinken says.
Blinken appeared on"Meet the Press" in a video call from Liverpool, England, where he is currently attending thewith British foreign minister Liz Truss, the European Union as well as foreign ministers from France, Italy, Germany, Japan and Canada.
The foreign ministers are"equally resolute in their determination to stand against Russian aggression to ideally deter it, prevent it, and we've made clear as well that there would be massive consequences if Russia commits renewed acts of aggression against Ukraine," Blinken said.to the Ukrainian border, Biden administration officials have said they believe Russia might engage in military action, but that it remains unclear whether a decision has been made.
"There's something even bigger at stake here," Blinken said."And it's the basic rules of the road of the international system. Rules that say that one country can't change the borders of another by force. One country can't dictate to another country its choices, its decisions and its foreign policy with whom it will associate, one country can't exert a sphere of influence over others.
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