Russia would pay a high price for any new military aggression against Ukraine, NATO and the United States warned on Tuesday as the Western military alliance met to discuss Moscow’s intentions for massing troops on the border of the former Soviet republic.

The West has already shown that it can wield economic, financial and political sanctions against Moscow, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of talks of the alliance’s foreign ministers in the Latvian capital Riga.

There will be a high price to pay for Russia if they once again use force against the independence of the nation, Ukraine, Secretary Stoltenberg said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to brief his 29 NATO counterparts on Washington’s intelligence on what is going on at the alliance’s eastern flank and in Ukraine, which is not a member.

Any escalatory actions by Russia would be a great concern to the United States and any renewed aggression would trigger serious consequences, he said at a news conference before the meeting.

We will be consulting closely with NATO allies and partners in the days ahead about whether there are other steps that we should take as an alliance to strengthen our defences, strengthen our resilience, strengthen our capacity, he added.

Kyiv’s aspirations for integration with the West have triggered a standoff with Moscow.