{"id":36510,"date":"2021-12-05T21:55:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T21:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/05\/what-biden-should-tell-putin-when-it-comes-to-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:00:21","slug":"what-biden-should-tell-putin-when-it-comes-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/reagan-defense-forum-smr\/2021\/12\/05\/what-biden-should-tell-putin-when-it-comes-to-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"What Biden should tell Putin when it comes to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SIMI VALLEY, Calif. \u2015 When U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Vladimir Putin Tuesday, Biden should emphasize sanctions and not American military might, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re not going to deter him by trying to flex your muscles and convince him that we\u2019re going to confront them militarily and defeat them in Eastern Europe,\u201d Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., said in an interview at the annual Reagan National Defense Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re going to flex your muscles by showing [Putin] that we have a strong set of allies who are prepared to make them pay economically and enormously,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/05\/biden-putin-set-video-call-tuesday-as-ukraine-tensions-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biden and Putin are set to speak on a video call<\/a>, the Kremlin said. Tensions between their two counties have escalated over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian border. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/03\/biden-warns-russias-vladimir-putin-against-ukraine-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">The troops are seen as a sign of a potential invasion<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden will press U.S. concerns about Russian military activities on the border and \u201creaffirm the United States\u2019 support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Saturday, confirming the planned call after first word came from Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia is more adamant than ever that the U.S. guarantees that Ukraine will not be admitted to the NATO military alliance. But NATO\u2019s secretary-general, Jens Stoltenberg, said this past week that Russia has no say in expansion plans by other countries or the alliance. Several former U.S. and NATO diplomats say any such Russian demand to Biden would be a nonstarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kremlin said Friday that Putin, during his call with Biden, would seek binding guarantees precluding NATO\u2019s expansion to Ukraine. Biden tried to head off the demand in comments to reporters Friday before leaving for a weekend stay at Camp David.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t accept anyone\u2019s red line,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. intelligence officials, meanwhile, have determined that Russia has massed about 70,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and has begun planning for a possible invasion as soon as early next year, according to a Biden administration official who was not authorized to discuss that finding publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The risks for Putin of going through with such an invasion would be enormous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials and former American diplomats say while the Russian president is clearly laying the groundwork for a possible invasion, Ukraine\u2019s military is better armed and prepared today than in the past, and that sanctions threatened by the West would do serious damage to the Russian economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith argued that the threats of U.S. military aid to Ukraine and sanctions would prove effective deterrents. But threatening military action could provoke or create a pretext for Putin, who could decide to act first before western troops are deployed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To boot, Smith argued the American people are not willing to go to war with Russia: \u201cPutin knows that not only am I not, the American people aren\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some Republicans have voiced skepticism over Biden\u2019s approach to the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House Armed Services Committee\u2019s ranking member, Rep. 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