{"id":26436,"date":"2021-12-08T19:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/12\/08\/no-plans-to-send-more-troops-to-ukraine-biden-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:30:55","slug":"no-plans-to-send-more-troops-to-ukraine-biden-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/08\/no-plans-to-send-more-troops-to-ukraine-biden-says\/","title":{"rendered":"No plans to send more troops to Ukraine, Biden says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/07\/biden-putin-square-off-as-tension-grows-on-ukraine-border\/\" target=\"_blank\">President Joe Biden<\/a> on Wednesday insisted that sending U.S. troops to Ukraine to fend off a Russian invasion is \u201cnot on the table\u201d but still promised a strong American response to <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>if such a military advance occurs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI made it very clear, if in fact he invaded Ukraine, there will be severe consequences,\u201d Biden told reporters. \u201cThere will be economic consequences like none he\u2019s ever seen, or ever have been seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments came just one day after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2021\/12\/06\/white-house-downplays-chance-of-military-conflict-with-russia-ahead-of-biden-meeting-with-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\">two-hour video call<\/a> between the two world leaders that White House officials deemed a \u201cuseful\u201d meeting.<\/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\/flashpoints\/2021\/12\/08\/biden-putin-square-off-as-tension-grows-on-ukraine-border\/\" 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=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21341641794893.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\">Biden-Putin square off as tension grows on Ukraine border<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Face to face for over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin squared off in a secure video call Tuesday.<\/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\">Tensions between Russia and western nations have risen in recent months as Russian military forces have massed along the Ukraine border. Ukrainian military officials have said they expect a military invasion of their country as early as next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden said he was \u201cpolite\u201d but \u201cclear\u201d in his message to Putin that such military aggression is unacceptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the U.S. commander-in-chief also said that \u201cthe idea that the United States is going to unilaterally use force to confront Russia invading Ukraine is not in the cards right now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, American military forces are likely to reinforce their presence in NATO countries in the region, and provide additional defensive capabilities to Ukrainian military leaders, Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe positive news is that, thus far, our teams have been in constant contact,\u201d he said. \u201cWe hope by Friday we\u2019re going to be able to announce that we\u2019re having meetings at a higher level, not just with [the U.S. and Russia] but with at least four of our major NATO allies, to discuss Russia\u2019s concerns.\u201d<\/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\/flashpoints\/2021\/11\/30\/putin-warns-west-moscow-has-red-line-about-ukraine-nato\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21334489329983.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\">Putin warns West: Moscow has \u2018red line\u2019 about Ukraine, NATO<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Putin said that NATO&#039;s eastward expansion has threatened Russia&#039;s core security interests.<\/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\">Russian officials said in a statement after Tuesday\u2019s call that NATO has been \u201cmaking dangerous attempts to expand its presence on the Ukrainian territory\u201d and that their military actions are simply a response to that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin has asked for a commitment from NATO leaders that Ukraine will not be allowed to join the military alliance. 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