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The US sanctions on Russia hurt Putin's wealthy allies.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks during a video emergency meeting of the Council of the CSTO focused on the situation in Kazakhstan on January 10, 2022.Alexey Nikolsky/Getty Images
  • If the US doesn't give in to its security demands, Russia will have to respond with military force.

  • Russia wants Ukraine to be barred from joining NATO permanently.

  • The US and NATO are against this.

If the US doesn't agree to its demands for binding security guarantees, Russia could be forced to respond with military force. The US has made it clear that this demand is not feasible.

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia would be forced to respond if the American side did not agree on binding guarantees of security.

The US and NATO said that countries should be free to choose their own allies and defensive partnerships. It is not on the path to become a member of NATO at any point in the near future. Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that the issue be solved now.

Putin has been complaining about NATO's eastward expansion for years, ignoring the ways in which his aggressive behavior has pushed countries closer to the alliance and to the West more generally. Russia supported the rebels in the war against the Ukrainians in the east of the country. Experts say that Putin wants to regain the power and influence he had during the Soviet-era.

Russia denied any plans to invade Ukraine despite its massive military build up on the border.

The United States and its allies have been making statements about Russia's responsibility for the escalation of the situation in Ukraine since autumn last year.

The Biden administration has warned that a Russian invasion could happen at any moment. The US and NATO said there have been no signs of Russian de-escalation after Moscow claimed it was withdrawing some troops from the border.

Russia could use covert operatives to stage some kind of sabotage to try to justify invading, according to the Biden administration.

Russia says it is drawing down those forces. We don't see that happening on the ground. The Secretary of State said on Thursday that ground troops, aircraft, ships and other forces are preparing to launch an attack against Ukraine in the coming days.

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