And Harris brings peace to Russia: If you invade Ukraine, we won't stop there.

US Vice President Kamala Harris said that any further breaks from Ukraine from Russia will be followed by the strengthening of the eastern NATO wing.

“We will not stop with economic measures. We will further strengthen our NATO allies on the east side of” in response to an invasion, Harris said on February 19th, while attending the Munich Security Conference.

These comments by Harris come a day after the president of the United States, Joe Biden, said he is “born” that Russian President Vladimir Putin has made the decision to invade Ukraine.

The West says Russia has gathered over 150,000 troops along the Ukrainian border and that Moscow is preparing to invade Ukraine, but the Kremlin rejects these claims, saying there are no such plans.

Stoltenberg Urges Russia to Stop War Preparations
Earlier Saturday, Secretary General NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, called on Russia to withdraw troops from the border with Ukraine and work to resolve the crisis peacefully.

At the Munich Security Conference, Stoltenberg said that so far they have not seen signals supporting Moscow's claims that the withdrawal of troops to Ukraine has begun, but, according to him, the opposite is happening.

“We urge Moscow to do what it says it is doing, withdraw troops from the Ukrainian borders. This would be an important first step toward a peaceful solution. It is not too late for Russia to change course, back down, stop preparations for war and start working on a peaceful solution”, Stoltenberg said.

He said the military gathering in and around Ukraine is the largest since the Cold War.

Moscow has claimed it has started withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border, but NATO and the United States have said they have not seen such signals.

We don't know what's going to happen, but the risk of conflict is real. NATO Allies are continuing their powerful diplomatic efforts to find a” political solution, Stoltenberg said.

Stoltenberg said he has sent the invitation to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to meet together with NATO and its allies under the NATO-Russia Council, as he added that the military alliance is continuing diplomatic efforts to find a political solution.

Speaking of the security requirements presented by Russia, Stoltenberg said Moscow knows some demands cannot be realised.

The danger is now combining this massive military gathering with threatening rhetoric, putting forward demands that they know we cannot meet and say: If you don't meet these requirements, there will be military consequences”, Stoltenberg said.

This is the new normal, where we have Russia openly opposing the core values for European security and then shows the will to use force or threatens to use force to get what it wants”, he said.

Russia has demanded that NATO never accept Ukraine and that the alliance withdraw from Eastern and Central Europe. Stoltenberg noted that for the first time, China has joined Russia in calling on the military alliance to reject new members.

Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during the panel in Munich said Russia risks losing prosperity if it invades Ukraine, pledging there would be a package of economic and financial sanctions on Moscow in case of any aggression.

She said the European Union is ready to stop Russian gas supplies.

“I can say that in case we stop with gas supplies from Russia, we will be safe during this winter of”, she said.

Von der Leyen accused Russian gas giant Gazprom that “objectively is trying to send as little supplies as possible, meanwhile, prices and demand are large”.

Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelenskiy will also attend the Munich Security Conference.