“We need joint exercises in Poland, the Baltic countries, Romania, Bulgaria to show Putin that we are serious,” McCall said.

In his opinion, Biden is pursuing a policy of "passive containment" that will not allow changing "Putin's behavior."

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urged the President of the United States to impose restrictions on Moscow before a possible "invasion" of Ukraine.

Earlier, the chairman of the international committee of the US House of Representatives, Gregory Meeks, introduced a bill on sanctions against Russia.

He was joined by US Congressman Banks.

Prior to this, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke on CNBC about consultations with European partners on the imposition of sanctions against Russia.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, at a press conference with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, said that Kiev is counting on the United States and the European Union to agree on a set of restrictions that will help "deter Russian aggression."