Washington: US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday AEDT he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, putting the Russian leader in the same league as Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. It is demanding security guarantees from the West, including a promise by NATO never to admit Ukraine. Moscow sees the former Soviet republic as a buffer between Russia and NATO countries. Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin. Credit:The AgeFollowing multiple rounds of US-Russia talks over Ukraine that failed to reach a breakthrough, Biden, who has long warned Moscow of economic consequences, upped the ante on Tuesday by saying Putin could personally face sanctions.

Source: Libya Today January 26, 2022 02:13 UTC