She said this in an interview with CBS News.

"We are very clear that Russia should not invade the sovereignty of Ukraine, that we must stand up – and we are standing up – for its territorial integrity. We are working with our allies in that regard, and we've been very clear that we are prepared to issue sanctions like you've not seen before", - Kamala Harris said.

Harris declined to talk about specific sanctions but said the U.S. is having direct conversations with Russia. 

"I repeat, we are talking about unprecedented sanctions we have not imposed before", - Harris said.

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What is known

• The Republican spokesman on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee says the security proposals that Moscow has made in response to Western concerns about a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine are a clear sign that Russia is "trying to create a pretext for war".
• Russia continues to build up troops near Ukraine's borders despite US President Joe Biden calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to de-escalate the conflict.
• Russia suspends and changes the schedule of commercial flights and railway transport for the transportation of personnel and Russian military equipment. US and Ukrainian officials have evidence of this.
• The US Senate is invited to consider a resolution "in support of an independent and democratic Ukraine" and its "protection from further Russian military aggression".
• The United States is pushing the European Union to agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia as soon as possible in the event of a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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