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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Antony Blinken says ‘US doesn’t bluff’ and warns Putin of ‘massive unprecedented consequences’ for Ukraine war

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Russian president Vladimir Putin “gravely miscalculated” by invading Ukraine and will now face “massive, unprecedented consequences” from the US and its allies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during remarks on Wednesday.

“President Putin may have assumed that the US and our allies were bluffing when we warned of massive unprecedented consequences but as President Biden likes to say, big nations can’t bluff,” he said. “The US doesn’t bluff and President Putin has gravely miscalculated.”

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