Biden Warns Putin of ‘Swift and Severe Costs’ of Invading Ukraine

President Biden warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of “swift and severe costs” if Russia moves versus Ukraine in a cellular phone simply call Saturday, as the U.S. ordered most embassy workers out of the nation and Moscow also commenced withdrawing its diplomatic existence there.

“President Biden was very clear that, if Russia undertakes a further invasion of Ukraine, the United States alongside one another with our allies and partners will react decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia,” the White Household claimed after the two leaders’ hourlong phone.