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US President Biden has announced additional economic sanctions that deprive Russia of most-favored-nation treatment.
However, the direct clash between the U.S. and Russian forces would be World War III, and once again drew a line on military action.
Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung from Washington.
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U.S. President Biden announced that it would remove most-favored-nation treatment from Russia, with which it had a permanent normal trade relationship, and impose high tariffs on Russian goods.
He also said the import of luxury goods such as Russian vodka, seafood and diamonds is prohibited.
[Biden/President of the United States: Putin is an aggressor.
Putin must pay the price.
The sanctions and export controls imposed so far are shattering the Russian economy.]
He warned that the use of biological and chemical weapons by the Russian military would be costly.
[Biden/President of the United States: I am not going to talk about information.
But if we use chemical weapons, Russia will pay a serious price.]
But he again drew a line that no US troops would enter Ukraine and fight directly with Russian forces.
As civilian casualties grow out of control, demands from the US and NATO for military intervention are growing, but they have again been rejected.
[Biden/President of the United States: We will not go into Ukraine and fight Russia.
A direct conflict between NATO and Russia would be World War III.]
The US is pouring economic sanctions on Russia day by day, but Putin is not moving.
There is a growing opinion that it is impossible to stop a war without military intervention.