
There has been a strong reaction from the White House with heavy sanctions against Russia and several high profile politicians.
The next step in American strategy is keeping inflation around petrol or energy prices under control as the White House thinks the Russian conflict may pause the pandemic-related price rises.
Internationally, the United States is looking at imposing more sanctions against Russia after sanctioning the Nord Storm 2 gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany.
There are fears the conflict will escalate in the next few hours and America may suffer cyberattacks.