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SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2022/01/13/1072865429/russia-ukraine-conflict-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken
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Russian tanks take part in training drills in southern Russia this week as Russia rejects Western complaints about its troop buildup near Ukraine.Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. is planning "things that we have not done in the past" if Russia invades Ukraine.His comments follow days of diplomatic talks and a deadlock on resolving the crisis brewing along the Ukraine-Russia border.Russia has 100,000 troops lined up next to Ukraine, with tanks and artillery. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.Blinken has warned Russia repeatedly there will be "massive consequences" if it does attack Ukraine, without going into much detail.The U.S. has placed sanctions on Russia, including in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Last April, the U.S. levied sanctions against Russia after the 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack, which compromised nearly 100 companies and government agencies, including Microsoft, Intel, the Defense Department and more."I'm not going to telegraph with specificity what we would do, except to say that when it comes to sanctions, when it comes to economic and financial measures, as well as measures to, as necessary, reinforce Ukraine defensively, reinforce NATO defensively, we are planning and putting together things that we have not done in the past," Blinken said.

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