This was reported by The Guardian.

"I think huge sanctions against Russia will be needed again to curb what seems very likely to be a Russian invasion of Ukraine. And I think our allies need to be convinced of that. Russia needs to understand that we are united", - he said in the message.

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Adam Schiff also noted that he still does not understand Putin's full motivation.

He said the invasion would lead to "more NATO assets coming closer to Russia and having the opposite effect from what Putin is trying to achieve".

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"And I don't think anything other than the level of sanctions that Russia has ever seen will hold it back, and that's exactly what we need to do with our allies", - he said.

What is known

• On the evening of January 2, US President Joseph Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi had a telephone conversation. In particular, they discussed issues of preventing further escalation of the situation on the Ukrainian-Russian border, joint actions to preserve peace in Europe and reforms in Ukraine.
• US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with the Foreign Ministers of France, Germany and Britain the response to Russia's 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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