{"id":14542,"date":"2021-12-01T19:11:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T19:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/01\/blinken-says-russia-could-move-on-ukraine-on-short-order\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:03:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:03:57","slug":"blinken-says-russia-could-move-on-ukraine-on-short-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/01\/blinken-says-russia-could-move-on-ukraine-on-short-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken says Russia could move on Ukraine \u2018on short order\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RIGA, Latvia \u2014 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/30\/putin-warns-west-moscow-has-red-line-about-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> could quickly order an invasion of Ukraine if he had a pretext for doing so but that NATO allies stand ready to inflict heavy sanctions on Russia\u2019s economy if that happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions over a Russian troop buildup&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/10\/russian-troop-movements-show-wider-conflict-is-possible-top-ukraine-official-says\/\">along the border of Ukraine<\/a>&nbsp;have been a focus of Blinken\u2019s weeklong Europe trip and topped the agenda of his meeting Wednesday with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/01\/nato-chief-says-allies-must-prepare-for-the-worst-in-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">NATO<\/a> counterparts in Latvia. The Ukrainian government is seeking to align with NATO and the West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know whether President Putin has made the decision to invade. We do know that his is putting in place the capacity to do so on short order should he so decide,\u201d Blinken told reporters in Riga, Latvia\u2019s capital. \u201cWe must prepare for all contingencies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re also urging Ukraine to continue to exercise restraint because, again, the Russian playbook is to claim provocation for something that they were planning to do all along,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken said the U.S. has \u201cmade it clear to the Kremlin that we will respond resolutely, including with a range of high-impact economic measures that we\u2019ve refrained from using in the past.\u201d He gave no details on what kind of \u201chigh-impact\u201d sanctions were under consideration if Russia did invade Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/11\/20\/russia-preparing-to-attack-ukraine-by-late-january-ukraine-defense-intelligence-agency-chief\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21113343743431.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Russia preparing to attack Ukraine by late January: Ukraine defense intelligence agency chief<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Russia is building toward the ability to carry out an attack on Ukraine, the head of it&#039;s defense intelligence agency told Military Times.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The European Union\u2019s Parliament approved a nonbinding resolution in April to cut off Russia from the so-called SWIFT system of international payments if its troops entered Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a move would go far toward blocking Russian businesses from the global financial system. Western allies reportedly considered such a step in 2014 and 2015, during earlier Russian-led escalations of tensions over Ukraine. Then-Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at the time the Russian response to that financially crippling move would be \u201cwithout limits.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from targeting Russia for sanctions, Blinken said that \u201cNATO is prepared to reinforce its defenses on the eastern flank.\u201d He did not elaborate. The military organization already has forces stationed in the Baltic states \u2013 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania \u2013 and Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blinken is scheduled to meet Thursday in Sweden with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. He said he would encourage Russia\u2019s top diplomat to return to talks under the \u201cNormandy\u201d format, with France and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a diplomatic path forward. We are certainly not looking for conflict,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 2015 peace deal brokered by France and Germany helped end large-scale battles in eastern Ukraine sparked after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula the previous year. 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