Washington: US President Joe Biden warned the Russia that sanction are ready to go if Russian troops attacks Ukraine, he also pressed both the countries to resolve the crisis through negotiations.

Biden said that Washington and its allies had yet to verify Russian claim of withdrawal of over 1,50,000 troops at Ukraine border. However Russia stated that is had moved its troops from Ukraine border.

In a call with Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also demanded proof of withdrawal.

"Analysts indicate that they remain very much in a threatening position. The United States is prepared no matter what happens. We are ready with diplomacy," the US President , Biden said .

"And we are ready to respond decisively to Russian attack on Ukraine, which is still very much a possibility," he said, warning of "powerful sanctions."

“To the citizens of Russia: you are not our enemy, and I don’t believe you want a bloody, destructive war against Ukraine," Biden said in nationally televised remarks from the White House.

Biden said the United States is "not seeking direct confrontation with Russia" but that if Russia were to attack Americans in Ukraine, "We will respond forcefully."

Biden said the United States and its NATO allies are prepared for whatever happens and that Russia will pay a steep economic price if Moscow launches an invasion.

He said a Russian attack on Ukraine remains a possibility and reports that some Russian forces have moved away from the Ukraine border have not yet been verified by the United States.

"We are ready to respond decisively to a Russian attack on Ukraine, which remains very much a possibility," Biden.

Before the US warning came, Moscow's defense ministry announced some soldiers and hardware were leaving the border region to return to their bases at the end of planned exercises.

After a meeting Tuesday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said Russia "of course" did not want war, and was willing to look for solutions with the West, NDTV reports.

"We are ready to work further together. We are ready to go down the negotiations track," Putin told a joint press conference with Scholz, confirming a "partial pullback of troops."

However Washington insisted for de-escalation and wants both countries to resolve the crisis with talks.

Biden spoke to Putin on Saturday and with Ukraine President Volodomyr Zelenskiy on Sunday, and has warned repeatedly of steep costs for Moscow, including sanctions against Russian businesses and oligarchs.

But he has laid out a road map for a peaceful resolution, including talks on missile deployments and military exercises to try to reduce tensions in the region.

Biden issued a warning for Russia not to engage in cyberattacks. “If Russia attacks the United States or our allies through asymmetric means like disruptive cyberattacks against our companies or critical infrastructure, we’re prepared to respond,” he said.

The United States “has put on the table concrete ideas to establish a security environment in Europe. We’re proposing new arms control measures, new transparency measures, new strategic stability measures,” that apply to NATO and Russia alike, he said on Tuesday.

In his speech, Biden said the United States and its NATO allies are prepared for whatever happens and that Russia will pay a steep economic price if Moscow launches an invasion. “We are ready to respond decisively to a Russian attack on Ukraine, which remains very much a possibility,” Biden said, adding that NATO was as united and determined as it “had ever been.”

In answer to Putin's concerns that Ukraine would try to join NATO, and that the alliance would place more strategic weapons on Russia's borders, Biden said the United States had put forward "concrete ideas to establish a security environment in Europe."

"We will not sacrifice basic principles though. Nations have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity." Mr. Biden also noted that Russia is not being threatened by the United States, NATO or Ukraine.

"To the citizens of Russia: you are not our enemy. And I do not believe you want a bloody, destructive war against Ukraine," he said.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz after meeting with Putin, told German reporters that Ukraine is not about to join the NATO alliance.