John Kirby spokesman John Kirby American Pentagon Building spokesman John Kirby) Said that Russia further added troops to the Ukraine border on weekends.
According to Bloomberg, Kobe said on the 30th local time on the "Fox News Sunday" program that if Russian President Putin decided to invade Ukraine, adding troops would give him more choices.
Kobe said: "Putin can immediately execute some of the options, which means that it may happen at any time. This depends on what Putin wants to do."
Kobe also said, "Putin may launch some small -scale actions, or there may be quite large -scale actions. "He continues to add troops on the border with Ukraine. We even discovered this situation on weekends."
In addition, the US SenateBob Menndez, chairman of the Foreign Relations Commission, said that the senators were close to a consensus on a bill that sanctioned Russia, and even if Russia did not invade Ukraine, it may be punished.
Mansidez said on Sunday local time on CNN's "State of the Union" program on Sunday: "In view of the action that Russia has taken, including the Internet attack on UkraineThe efforts of the Ukraine administration may actually be implemented in advance in some sanctions. "
He said that if Russia invades Ukraine, it will lead to" destructive sanctions and eventually overwhelm the Russian economy. "
Bloomberg reports that these remarks show that the US Senate is approaching an agreement, including personal sanctions on the Russian banking industry and senior officials.
The situation in the border area of Russia and Ukraine is tense. Russia and Ukraine have deployed heavy soldiers on the border. The tensions between the two countries have risen sharply.
