Biden Announces New Sanctions on Russia

Joe Biden
Joe Biden

On Thursday, President Biden announced new sanctions on Russia in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine. “Today, the United States, along with Allies and partners, is imposing severe and immediate economic costs on Russia in response to Putin’s war of choice against Ukraine,” the White House said in a statement. “Today’s actions include sweeping financial sanctions and stringent export controls that will have profound impact on Russia’s economy, financial system, and access to cutting-edge technology.” “The sanctions measures impose severe costs on Russia’s largest financial institutions and will further isolate Russia from the global financial system,”

Russia Launches Full Scale Invasion Of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin

Early Thursday morning, Russia reportedly launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine, according to U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) Rubio, Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, tweeted, “The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now underway.” “In the hours to come, Russia will conduct strikes on air defense systems, move to cut off Kyiv from eastern Ukraine, [and] move to cut off Ukraine’s military forces on the line of contact in the east to prevent them from falling back to defend Kyiv,” Rubio added. Rubio also announced that Russia has begun launching long-range missiles toward Ukraine and has aircraft on the

U.S. Warns Russia Will Launch ‘Full-Scale Invasion’ Within 48 Hours

Putin prepares to strike back at Ukraine.

On Wednesday, President Biden reportedly informed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that U.S. intelligence indicates Russia will launch a “full-scale invasion” of the country within the next 48 hours, according to Newsweek. “The President of Ukraine has been warned Russia will highly likely begin an invasion within 48 hours based on U.S. intelligence,” a U.S. official with direct knowledge told Newsweek. “Additionally, reporting from aircraft observers indicates Russia violated Ukrainian airspace earlier today, flying possible reconnaissance aircraft for a short period over Ukraine,” the official added. Newsweek reported, “A source close to Zelenskyy’s government also confirmed to Newsweek that such a warning

Biden Says His Response To Russia Will Have ‘Costs’ For Americans

Joe Biden

During a speech on Tuesday, Democrat President Joe Biden warned that there would be “costs” for Americans as a result of the way his administration is responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Biden’s warning came as “oil prices are swinging dramatically, with recent peaks pushing close to a major milestone: $100 a barrel,” NPR reported. “As we respond, my administration is using every tool at our disposal to protect American businesses and consumers from rising prices at the pump,” Biden claimed. “As I said last week, defending freedom will have costs for us as well, here at home. We need to

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