US President Joe Biden told a news conference at the White House on the end of the first year of his presidency that it was a year of challenges and progress, saying that if Russia invaded Ukraine, it would have devastating consequences. He said Moscow would be held accountable if, as he put it, it "invaded Ukraine", the Associated Press reported.
"I assume that Putin will turn to Ukraine," he said, adding that invading the country would provoke a response that would cost Russia and its economy dearly.
Biden said he believed Russia was preparing an action in Ukraine, although he believed Putin had not yet made a final decision.
The American leader suggested that he would limit Russia's access to the international banking system if it invaded Ukraine.
Speaking about the pandemic, he said he was aware that Americans were disappointed with the whole situation and its consequences for the economy.
"After almost two years of physical, emotional and psychological consequences of this pandemic, it was too much for many of us," Biden said.
"Some people may call what is happening now a 'new norm,' but I call it work that is not over." "Things will get better," he said.
Biden said the United States will persevere in its efforts to vaccinate against coronavirus, as the practice has been shown to work. The president stressed that the United States would not return to locking and closing schools, and that the Omicron wave was not a cause for panic.
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