Thread by @DevonHeinen

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Russia's presidential foreign policy advisor, #YuriyUshakov, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

#Ushakov #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH / US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan conversation today with nat'l security advisors, foreign ministers & other officials from #BucharestNine of #NATO Allies re: #Russia & #Ukraine.

#B9 #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH / US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Russia's foreign policy advisor to the president, #YuriyUshakov.

#Putin #Zelensky #Ukraine #Ushakov

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #EuropeanUnion's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, #JosepBorrell.

They talked re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia & #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Borrell #EU

#BREAKING
US State Dept Spokesperson Ned Price issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg.

#Blinken and #Stoltenberg talked re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept Spokesperson Ned Price issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #UK's foreign secretary, #ElizabethTruss, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Truss

#BREAKING
WH issues readout from Nat'l Security Council Spokesperson Emily Horne of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Ukraine's head of presidential admin, #AndriyYermak, re: #Russia.

#Putin #Zelensky #Yermak

#BREAKING
WH readout from Nat'l Security Council spokesperson of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's convo today w/ #Poland's nat'l security bureau chief, #PawelSoloch, & head of int'l policy bureau, #JakubKumoch, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia & #Ukraine.
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept Spokesperson Ned Price issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Poland's foreign minister, #ZbigniewRau, re: multiple topics, incl. #Ukraine and #Russia.

#Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, re: the country and #Russia.

#Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
#Biden will have a phone call with #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, on December 30 "to discuss a range of topics, including upcoming diplomatic engagements with Russia," acc'd to US Nat'l Security Council Spokesperson Emily Horne stmt.

#Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the following foreign officials re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine:
• #France's foreign minister
• #Germany's foreign minister
• #UK's foreign secretary

#Putin #Zelensky

Thursday, #Biden has 1 thing on his public schedule, per WH:
• Phone call with #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, at 3:30p EST

No pressers scheduled.

Biden will spend Thursday in #Wilmington, Delaware, & that's where the call with Putin will take place.

#Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout & picture of #Biden's call today with #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, re: Russia & #Ukraine.

The call lasted 50 minutes, & Biden did it from #Wilmington, Del., where he's staying. WH says it started at 3:35p EST & finished at 4:25p.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden WH senior admin official provides more info re: #Biden's call today with #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: #Russia.

#Stoltenberg #Putin #Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Canada's foreign minister, #MélanieJoly, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Joly #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden is planning to have a phone call with #Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, on January 2 re: Ukraine and #Russia, per WH stmt,

#Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Italy's foreign minister, #LuigiDiMaio, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#DiMaio #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, re: the country and #Russia.

#Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Turkey's foreign minister #MevlutCavusoglu, re: multiple topics incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Cavusoglu #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #BucharestNine re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#B9 #NATO #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Greece's foreign minister, #NikosDendias, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Dendias #NATO #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#NATO's ministers of foreign affairs will have an extraordinary mtg on January 7 re: #Russia and #Ukraine, plus "broader European security issues," per NATO guidance.

This extraordinary mtg comes ahead of a NATO-Russia Council mtg on January 12.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #SaudiArabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with Nordic counterparts re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Countries on the call with the US were:
• #Denmark
• #Finland
• #Iceland
• #Norway
• #Sweden

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Spain's ministry of foreign affairs state sec, #ÁngelesMorenoBau, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Bau #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Israel's foreign minister, #YairLapid, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Lapid #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with the #UK's sec of state for defense, #BenWallace, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Japan's minister for foreign affairs, #HayashiYoshimasa, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine as well as #NorthKorea.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with #Russia's minister of defense, #SergeyShoygu, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

#Shoygu #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #NATO's deputy sec gen, #MirceaGeoana, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Geoana #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with European officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries with the US on the call:
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's sec gen, #HelgaSchmid, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#OSCE #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, #DmytroKuleba, re: Ukraine and #Russia:

"The Secretary stressed there will be 'no conversations about Ukraine without Ukraine.'"

#Kuleba #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Sweden's minister for foreign affairs, #AnnLinde, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Linde #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of S3c Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with #Latvia's deputy prime minister and minister of defense, #ArtisPabriks, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Pabriks #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues transcript of a press call today w/ a #Biden WH sr. admin official re: #Russia & #Ukraine ahead of US & Russia's talks in #Geneva.

The sr. admin official talked re: possibly reaching understandings re: missile systems & military exercises.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #EuropeanUnion's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, #JosepBorrell, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting today with #Russia's deputy foreign minister, #SergeyRyabkov, in #Geneva ahead of the Jan. 10 extraordinary Strategic Stability Dialogue meeting between the US & Russia.

#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says re: #Russia: "We are looking, again, at this week as a set of conversations, and we will see and be able to assess where things stand, better, at the end of that."

#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Turkey's spokesperson and chief advisor to the president, #IbrahimKalin, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine as well as #Kazakhstan.

#Putin #Zelesnky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's participation in today's extraordinary Strategic Stability Dialogue meeting in #Geneva, Switzerland, w/ others, incl. #Russia's deputy foreign minister, #SergeyRyabkov.

#Ryabkov #Putin #Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #Netherlands' foreign minister, #WopkeHoekstra, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, #DmytroKuleba, re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Kuleba #Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting today in #Brussels, Belgium, with ambassadors from the #EuropeanUnion's Political and Security Cmte re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#EU #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting today in #Brussels, Belgium, with European External Action Service Secretary-General #StefanoSannino re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting in #Brussels, Belgium, with European officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

The European officials represented the following countries:
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting in #Brussels, Belgium, with the chief of staff for the #EuropeanCommission president re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #CzechRepublic's foreign minister, #JanLipavsky, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Czechia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Iceland's foreign minister, Thordis K. #Gylfadottir, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin conversation with #Ukraine's minister of defense, #OleksiiReznikov, re: Ukraine and #Russia.

#Putin #Zelensky #Reznikov

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan talking) Says in opening remarks re: talks with #Russia this week w/r/t #Ukraine and next steps: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan talking – taking Qs) Says there aren't any dates set for further talks with Russia: "We have to consult with allies and partners first."

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan talking – taking Qs) Says re: possible missile negotiations: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan talking – taking Qs) Says re: possible military-exercises negotiations: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan talking – taking Qs) Says re: possible chance of Russia invading Ukraine: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan talking – taking Qs) Says re: possible chance of Russia invading Ukraine: "It is certainly the case that the threat of military invasion is high."

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with the Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe's sec gen, #HelgaSchmid, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#OSCE #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation Friday with #Canada's deputy foreign minister, #MartaMorgan, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #EuropeanUnion's high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, #JosepBorrell, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #France's foreign minister, #JeanYvesLeDrian, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #Poland's foreign minister, #ZbigniewRau, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #Kuwait's foreign minister, Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Bipartisan group of US senators issues stmt re: their travel to #Ukraine to meet with the country's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, and other Ukrainian officials today re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken will go to #Kyiv, #Ukraine, and #Berlin, #Germany, from January 18-20, per US State Dept stmt.

In Kyiv, Blinken will meet with Ukrainian officials, incl. President #VolodymyrZelensky.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Russia's foreign minister, #SergeyLavrov, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

#Lavrov #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting in Washington today with #Spain's foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Finland's president, #SauliNiinistö, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Niinistö

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting in #Kyiv, #Ukraine, today with Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense readout of virtual multinat'l meeting #LauraCooper – who is US Deputy Asst Sec Def for Russia, Ukraine, & Eurasia – participated in today w/ the following countries re: #Ukraine & #Russia:
• #Canada
• #Lithuania
• #Poland
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues readout re: #Biden's virtual meeting today with a group of bipartisan US senators re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Italy's foreign minister, Luigi Di Maio, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues stmt following #Biden's remarks re: #Russia & #Ukraine during today's #BidenPressConference.

Psaki: If Russia invades Ukraine, "it will be met with a swift, severe, and united response."

#BidenPresser #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken will give a speech re: #Russia and #Ukraine on January 20 at 9:45a Eastern, per US State Dept guidance.

The speech will be given from #Berlin, Germany.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Australia's sec of the dept of foreign affairs and trade, Kathryn J. Campbell, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's convo Wed. w/ #NATO's sec gen, the #EuropeanUnion's high rep for foreign affairs & security as well as the Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe's chair re: #Russia & #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today with Transatlantic Quad foreign ministers re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia & #Ukraine.

Participating quad countries:
• #France
• #Germany
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: #Russia & #Ukraine, announcing US is sanctioning "four individuals connected to ongoing Russian intelligence service-directed influence activities designed to destabilize Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden talks to reporters re: #Russia & #Ukraine:

"Any, any assembled Russian units move across the Ukrainian border, that is an invasion."

More: "Let there be no doubt at all: If #Putin makes this choice, Russia will pay a heavy price."

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation with #BucharestNine officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#B9 #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Japan's sec gen of nat'l security secretariat, Akiba Takeo, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting in #Berlin, Germany, today with #Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Scholz #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: talks w/ #Russia: "Secretary [#AntonyBlinken] also conveyed we didn't expect any breakthroughs to happen today, but we are on a clearer path in terms of understanding each other's concerns."
#Putin #Zelensky #Ukraine

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says #Biden will meet this weekend with his nat'l security team while Biden's at #CampDavid.

NOTE: Biden leaves for Camp David later today, and will spend the weekend there.

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #Geneva, Switzerland, with #Switzerland's foreign minister, Ignazio Cassis, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today #Ukraine's foreign minister, #DmytroKuleba, re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Kuleba

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation Friday with #Canada's foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UK gov't issues stmt alleging the following by #Russia against #Ukraine:

"We have information that indicates the Russian Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting today with his nat'l security team re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues the following advisory re: #Ukraine due to #Russia:

"[T]he Department of State authorized the voluntary departure of U.S. direct hire employees (USDH) and ordered the departure of eligible family members (EFM) from Embassy #Kyiv."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues updated public schedule for #Biden today:
• Video call with European leaders re: #Russia and #Ukraine at 3p Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says there'll be a readout given to reporters re: #Biden's video call today with European leaders w/r/t Russia and Ukraine.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says #Biden "remains open to leader-to-leader diplomacy," when Psaki is asked if Biden has decided to have another convo with Putin; however, Psaki says, "I don't have anything to predict or preview."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: When asked if something triggered today's video call with #Biden and European leaders, says: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Press Sec #JohnKirby) (See screenshot because I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Press Sec #JohnKirby – taking Qs) "No decisions to deploy have been made" re: the up to approx 8,500 US military personnel that are on heightened alert to possibly deploy.

#Russia #Ukraine #NATO
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Press Sec #JohnKirby – taking Qs) Says there is no time limit on the heightened alert to possibly deploy up to approx 8,500 US military personnel.

#Russia #Ukraine #NATO
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Press Sec #JohnKirby – taking Qs) Says Russia "continue[s] to add ... more force capability."

#Russia #Ukraine #NATO
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's sec gen, #HelgaSchmid, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden tells reporters re: today's video call with European leaders w/r/t #Russia and #Ukraine:

"Very, very good meeting. Total unanimity with all the European leaders."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's video call today with European leaders re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

The call lasted 80 minutes, per WH, via WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's virtual participation today in the #EuropeanUnion Foreign Affairs Council, in which #Russia and #Ukraine were discussed.

#Putin #Zelensky #EU

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Switzerland's state sec, Livia Leu, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #UK's foreign sec, Elizabeth Truss, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden talks with reporters re: #Russia and #Ukraine. (The screenshot is a rough transcript via WH press pool.)

Biden says there won't be American military forces in Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: Says US won't publicly release written response to Russia "because we think that diplomacy has the best chance to succeed if we provide space for confidential talks."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: "I want to be clear that our embassy in #Kyiv will remain open, & we continue to maintain a robust presence to provide diplomatic, economic & security support to Ukraine."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: "Our message now for any Americans in Ukraine is to strongly consider leaving using commercial or other privately available transportation options."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): Says re: written response to Russia: "Without going into the specifics of the document, I can tell you that it reiterates what we've said publicly."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): Says more re: document US gave to Russia today: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Poland's minister of nat'l defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting in Washington today with #Norway's prime minister, #JonasGahrStore, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

The meeting was not on Biden's public schedule today.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, issues stmt and picture re: his conversation with #Biden today re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, re: #Russia and Ukraine.

The meeting was not on Biden's public schedule today.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Romania's minister of nat'l defense, Vasile Dîncu, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Biden and the #EuropeanUnion's president, #UrsulaVonDerLeyen, issue joint stmt re: US-#EU cooperation w/r/t to #energy security.

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Austin talking) Says they don't think Putin's made up his mind re: invading Ukraine, but Putin has "clearly now has that capability."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Austin talking) "Conflict is not inevitable. There is still time and space for diplomacy."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Austin talking) Says re: US troops and NATO: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Austin talking) Says re: situation: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Milley talking) "We strongly encourage Russia to stand down and to pursue a resolution through diplomacy. Armed force should always be the last resort."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Milley talking) Says re: Russian forces on Ukraine's border: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Milley taking Qs) Says no US military personnel have been deployed yet w/r/t the prepare-to-deploy order from earlier this week.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Milley taking Qs) Says US "has no intent whatsoever that I'm aware of of putting offensive forces to attack Russia": (See screenshot b/c I ran out of space.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Austin taking Qs) "[Biden]'s been real clear that he does not intend to put combat troops into Ukraine for the purpose of conducting combat operations."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin & Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley presser: (Milley taking Qs) Says result of Russia invading Ukraine would be "very significant" with "a significant amount of casualties" and it would be "horrific."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Germany's federal minister of defense, #ChristineLambrecht, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation Thursday with European officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries were:
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden says he will move US troops to Eastern Europe re: #Russia and #Ukraine. He adds the movement will be "in the near term" and "not a lot."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, #DmytroKuleba, issues stmt re: #Russia:

"Russia must continue diplomatic engagement & pull back military forces it amassed along Ukraine’s borders & in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky #Kuleba

#BREAKING
#Biden issues stmt re: today's #UnitedNations Security Council meeting w/r/t to #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says there are prepared "specific sanctions packages for both Russian elites and their family members if Russia further invades Ukraine": (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Romania's foreign minister, Bogdan Aurescu, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Israel's foreign minister and alternate prime minister, #YairLapid, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues "Level 4: Do Not Travel" – the most severe – advisory for #Belarus "due to the arbitrary enforcement of laws, the risk of detention, and unusual and concerning Russian military buildup along Belarus’ border with #Ukraine."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Bulgaria's prime minister, #KirilPetkov, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Petkov #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Russia's foreign minister, #SergeyLavrov, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

#Lavrov #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, & the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe's chairman-in-office, #ZbigniewRau, re: #Russia & #Ukraine.

#Stoltenberg #Rau
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Turkey's spokesperson and chief advisor to the president, Dr. Ibrahim Kalin, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues fact sheet re: force-posture updates in Europe re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in Washington with #Poland's foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, #DmytroKuleba, re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Kuleba

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting in Washington today with the #UK's minister of state for Middle East, North Africa, and North America, James Cleverly, re: multiple topics incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden joint presser with #Germany's chancellor #OlafScholz: (Biden taking Qs) Says if Russia invades that #Nordstream2 won't happen.

#Russia #Ukraine #NS2
#Putin #Zelensky #Scholz

#BREAKING
#Biden joint presser with #Germany's chancellor #OlafScholz: (Biden taking Qs) Says Scholz "has the complete trust of the United States."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky #Scholz

#BREAKING
#Biden joint presser with #Germany's chancellor #OlafScholz: (Biden taking Qs) Says he doesn't know if Putin knows what Putin will do re: Ukraine.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky #Scholz

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting at the WH today with #Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Scholz #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Stoltenberg

NEW
VPOTUS #KamalaHarris will go to #Munich, #Germany, for the #MunichSecurityConference from Feb. 18-20, per WH stmt.

There, among other things #Harris will do, she'll "underscore our commitment to #Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with European officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Officials from the following European countries were part of the convo:
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with more int'l officials, incl. from #NATO and #Poland, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Stoltenberg

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting Wednesday with #Israel's nat'l security advisor, Eyal Hulata, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Biden is talking w/ int'l leaders this hour re: #Russia & #Ukraine, per WH stmt

Participants (non-US):
• #Canada
• #EuropeanCommission
• #EuropeanCouncil (#EUCO)
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #NATO
• #Poland
• #Romania
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian talking) Says Russian escalation continues, "incl. new forces arriving at the Ukrainian border."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian talking) "As we've said before, we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time, should Vladimir Putin decide to order it."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian talking) Says he won't talk about intel info, but adds that an invasion could happen during Olympics.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian talking) Says number of US embassy people in #Kyiv continues to get smaller.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian talking) Says Americans need to leave Ukraine: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian talking) Says a Russian invasion happens, aerial bombing and missile attacks are likely to happen first. Then a ground invasion could happen.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian taking Qs) Says Russia can "mount a major military action in Ukraine any day now."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian taking Qs) Says more re: possibility of Putin invading before Olympics are over: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian taking Qs) Says a "rapid assault" on #Kyiv is a possibility that Putin could opt for.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian taking Qs) Says a "false flag operation" could happen by Russia.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian taking Qs) Says US doesn't know if Putin has decided whether or not to invade Ukraine.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psak presser: (Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullian taking Qs) Says he expects Biden will have a call with Putin, but doesn't have any news to announce re: that possibility.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #France's foreign ministry sec gen, François Delattre, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation Thursday with European External Action Service's sec-gen, Stefano Sannino François Delattre, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with the #EuropeanCommission's presidential chief of staff, Bjoern Seibert, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation with Transatlantic leaders today re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 79 minutes, per WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today with #Sweden's state sec for foreign affairs to the prime minister, Karin Wallensteen, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden will have a conversation Saturday morning with #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, per WH stmt:

"Russia proposed a call Monday. The White House counter-proposed Saturday, and they accepted."

#Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation Thursday with the #EuropeanCommission's presidential head of cabinet, Bjoern Seibert, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #NewZealand's foreign minister, Nanaia Mahuta. re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Russia's foreign minister, #SergeyLavrov, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Lavrov

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with Russia's minister of defense, #SergeyShoygu, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Shoygu

NEW
US State Dept issues "Level 4: Do Not Travel" advisory for #Ukraine.

Level 4 is the highest / most severe travel advisory for the US State Dept.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #UK's foreign secretary, #ElizabethTruss, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Truss

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, re: Russia and #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 62 minutes, per WH press pool.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden will have a conversation this morning with #Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, re: #Russia and Ukraine, per WH.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Ukraine's president, #VolodymyrZelensky, re: #Russia and Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister #DmytroKuleba, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Kuleba

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #EuropeanCommission's presidential chief of staff, Bjoern Seibert, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby) Says during the weekend, Russia's military capability has grown along the border with Ukraine and #Belarus.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKINGUS Dept of Def presser: (Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby) Says Putin "continues to advance his readiness, should he choose to go down a military path."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby) Says US gov't doesn't think Putin's made his mind yet about invading or not.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby) Says Putin "could move with little to no warning."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Def presser: (Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby) Says US still believes a "diplomatic path" is available.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: US's embassy in #Kyiv, Ukraine, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with the #UK's prime minister, #BorisJohnson, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Under Sec Def for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl's virtual meeting today with officials from #France, #Germany and the #UK re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues "Level 4: Do Not Travel" advisory for #Belarus, citing multiple reasons, incl. "unusual & concerning Russian military buildup along Belarus’ border w/ #Ukraine," per stmt.

Level 4 is State Dept's highest/most severe level.

#Putin #Zelensky #Russia

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: US effort to strengthen the economy of #Ukraine.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Stoltenberg

#BREAKING
#Biden will give a speech re: "an update on #Russia and #Ukraine" at 3:30p Eastern today, per updated WH public schedule for Biden.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with European officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US)
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Russia's foreign minister, #SergeyLavrov, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Lavrov

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "The United States is prepared no matter what happens." Adds that Russia attacking Ukraine is a possibility.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "We should give the diplomacy every chance to succeed."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Nations have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity. They have freedom to set their own course & choose with whom they will associate."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says US hasn't confirmed Russia's claim that some military units are leaving Ukraine-related positions. Adds that US intel "indicate[s] that they remain very much in a threatening position."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says a Russian invasion of Ukraine "remains distinctly possible."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "We're not targeting the people of Russia. We do not seek to destabilize Russia. To the citizens of Russia, you are not our enemy."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "If Russia proceeds, we will rally the world to oppose its aggression."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "When it comes to #NordStream2 ... if Russia further invades Ukraine, it will not happen."

#Putin #Zelensky #NS2

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Make no mistake, the United States will defend every inch of #NATO territory with the full force of American power. At attack against one NATO country is a attack against all of us."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "If Russia the United States or our allies through asymmetric means ... we are prepared to respond."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Bipartisan US Senate leadership issues stmt re: #Russia and #Ukraine:

"Should Vladimir Putin further escalate his ongoing assault on Ukraine’s sovereignty, Russia must be made to pay a severe price."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with transatlantic Quad foreign ministers re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today with the head of the Int'l Policy Bureau at #Poland's presidential chancellery, Dr. Jakub Kumoch, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation Monday with the #EuropeanCouncil's president, #FrédéricBernard, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #EUCO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Canada's deputy foreign minister, Marta Morgan, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: Russian Duma resolution on Eastern #Ukraine.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Biden will have a conversation today with #Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, at 2:30p Eastern re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per WH stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#NATO defense ministers issue stmt re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken will go to #Munich, #Germany, from February 17-20 for the #MunichSecurityConference, per US State Dept stmt.

In Munich, Blinken will be able to talk with allies re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting in Washington today with #Denmark's acting permanent sec, Jesper Moller, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting with Euro Quad – #France, #Germany, #UK – counterparts in Belgium re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting today with #Germany's federal minister of defense, Christine Lambrecht, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

The meeting took place on the margins of the #NATO Defense Ministerial.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Scholz

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Canada's foreign minister, Mélanie Joly, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Qatar's minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting Wednesday with #Estonia's foreign minister, Eva-Maria Liimets, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Biden talks with journalists re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Biden says the threat of invasion is "very high" and "[m]y sense is that it will happen within the next several days." He adds that he doesn't have any plans to call #Putin.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Poland's foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Italy's prime minister, Mario #Draghi, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden will have a conversation with transatlantic leaders on Friday afternoon re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per WH stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with #Russia's minister of defense, Sergey Shoygu, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting with #Poland's president, #AndrzejDuda, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Duda #NATO

NEW
WH issues updated public schedule for #Biden today:
• Call with transatlantic leaders re: #Russia and #Ukraine at 2:30p Eastern (NEW TO SCHED)
• Speech re: Russia and Ukraine at 4p (NEW TO SCHED)

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's meeting today in #Munich, Germany, with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Stoltenberg

#BREAKING
Andriy Yermak, head of the office of Ukraine's president, issues stmt saying he met in #Brussels with US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's meeting in #Munich, Germany, today with leaders of #Latvia, #Lithuania and #Estonia re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #Munich, Germany, with #Qatar's minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's convo today w/ int'l leaders re: #Russia & #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #Canada
• #EuropeanCommission
• #EuropeanCouncil (#EUCO)
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #NATO
• #Poland
• #Romania
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Despite Russia's efforts to divide us at home and abroad, I can affirm that has not happened."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "The fact remains, Russian troops currently have Ukraine surrounded, from #Belarus along the Russian boarder and with Ukraine to the #BlackSea in the south, and all of its border."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says US believes Russia intends to attack "in the coming days," and will target #Kyiv.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says the option for diplomacy with Russia is still available.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says re: whether or not Biden has indication if Putin has made up his mind: "As of this moment, I'm convinced [Putin's] made the decision ... we have reason to believe that."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says diplomacy is still possible, "until [Putin] does" invade.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today with #France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

The meeting was on the #MunichSecurityConference's sidelines in #Munich, Germany.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting in #Vilnius, Lithuania, with int'l officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #Estonia
• #Latvia
• #Lithuania

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's meeting today in #Munich, Germany, with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept forwards stmt from #G7 foreign ministers re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's mtgs today in #Munich w/ int'l leaders re: #Russia & #Ukraine, plus her mtg w/ #Israel's minister of defense, #BennyGantz.

She met w/ leaders from:
• #Germany
• #EuropeanCommission
• #Greece

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues stmt re: #Biden's briefings w/r/t #Russia and #Ukraine:

"Tomorrow, the President will convene a meeting of the National Security Council on the situation in Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US's #Russia embassy issues security alert:
"[T]hreats of attacks against shopping centers, railway & metro stations, & other public gathering places in major urban areas, incl. #Moscow & #StPetersburg as well as in areas of heightened tension"
#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's US Nat'l Security Council meeting today re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 15 minutes, per WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden and #Putin have agreed in principle to have a summit, per stmt from the office of #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron:

"It can only be held at the condition that #Russia does not invade #Ukraine."

The WH hasn't announced the agreement.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues stmt confirming that #Biden agreed in principle to have a meeting with #Putin:

"[C]urrently, #Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon."

#Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he's talked with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, & #Germany's chancellor, Olaf #Scholz, as well as convened the Nat'l Security & Defense Council after #Russia's Security Council meeting today.

#Putin

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden is meting today with his nat'l security team at the WH re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per WH stmt:

"[Biden] is being regularly briefed on developments."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he's talked with #Biden today.

Zelensky adds: "We begin the meeting of the National Security and Defense Council. A conversation with [#UK Prime Minister] #BorisJohnson is also planned."

#Putin #Russia

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues stmt confirming that #Biden spoke today with #Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, adding that the conversation lasted 35 minutes.

A WH readout of the call has not been released yet.

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
Ursula von der Leyen, #EuropeanCommission's president, issues stmt re: #Russia & Ukraine:

"The recognition of the two separatist territories in #Ukraine is a blatant violation of int'l law, the territorial integrity of Ukraine & the #Minsk agreements."
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues stmt re: #Russia and #Ukraine, announcing #Biden will sign an executive order retaliating against #Putin for Putin's announcement today re: Eastern Ukraine.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues stmt saying #Biden started a conversation this afternoon with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, and #Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, at 3:17p Eastern today re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Scholz

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues stmt saying #Biden's convo this afternoon with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, & #Germany's chancellor, Olaf #Scholz, re: #Russia & #Ukraine finished, lasting roughly 30 mins.

A WH readout hasn't been issued yet.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, and #Germany's chancellor, Olaf #Scholz, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: #Russia and #Ukraine w/r/t #Putin's announcement today re: Eastern Ukraine.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet re: #Biden's executive order retaliating against #Russia for #Putin's announcement today w/r/t Eastern #Ukraine.

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations will have a Security Council meeting at 9p Eastern tonight re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per UN schedule guidance.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's foreign affairs minister, Dmytro Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken prior to their meeting tomorrow:

"I underscored the need to impose tough sanctions on #Russia in response to its illegal actions."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: US's Dept of State presence in #Ukraine:

"For security reasons, Department of State personnel currently in #Lviv will spend the night in Poland."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation Monday with Ukraine's foreign affairs minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden will give a speech at 1p Eastern today re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per WH.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#France's minister for Europe & foreign affairs issues stmt saying #EuropeanUnion ministers met re: #Russia & #Ukraine:

"We have decided to adopt significant sanctions against Russia without delay. We remain ready to respond to any further escalation."
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "To put it simply, Russia just just announced that it is carving a big chunk of Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "[Putin]'s setting up a rationale to take more territory by force, in my view."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do from his #Duma."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says he's going to start sanctions "far beyond the steps we and our allies and partners implemented in 2014. And if Russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further as with sanctions."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Who in the Lord's name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called 'countries' on territory that belong to his neighbors?"

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says first tranche of sanctions are:
- "Full blocking sanctions on 2 large Russian financial institutions: #VEB and their military bank."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says more sanctions implementing now:
- "Comprehensive sanctions on Russian sovereign debt. That means we've cut off Russia's gov't from Western financing."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Starting tomorrow, and cont. in the days ahead, we'll also impose sanctions on Russia's elites and their family members."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "We have worked with #Germany to ensure #NordStream2 will not, as I promised, will not move forward."

#Putin #Zelensky #NS2

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says b/c Russia "will not withdraw its forces from #Belarus, I have authorized add'l movements of US forces & equipment, already stationed in Europe, to strengthen ... #Estonia, #Latvia & #Lithuania."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says strengthening #Estonia, #Latvia & #Lithuania is "defensive." Adds: "We have no intention of fighting Russia."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "We still believe that Russia's poised to go much further in launching a massive military attack against Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says there are more than 150,000 surrounding Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says diplomacy is still on the table, "if it is serious."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting today with Ukraine's foreign minister, #DmytroKuleba, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Kuleba

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet re: US's first tranche of sanctions against #Russia w/r/t #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting at the Pentagon with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues fact sheet re: updates to US military's support posture in Europe.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Under Sec Def for Policy Dr. Colin Kahl's conversation with Dominic Wilson – dir gen, security policy, in the #UK's Ministry of Defense – re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with Euorpean officials re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Liechtenstein's foreign minister, Dominique Hasler, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden issues stmt re: #NordStream2:

"Today, I have directed my administration to impose sanctions on Nord Stream 2 AG and its corporate officers."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky #NS2

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with int'l leaders re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #UK's foreign secretary, Elizabeth Truss, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with officials from Europe re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #EuropeanUnion's high rep, Josep Borrell, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #EU

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with the #UK's sec of state for defense, Ben Wallace, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's MFA issues stmt:

"#Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the [#UnitedNation] Security Council due to the appeal by Russian occupation administrations in #Donetsk & #Luhansk to #Russia w/ a request to provide them w/ military assistance."

#Putin #Zelensky

Thursday, #Biden has 2 things on his public schedule, per WH, incl.:
• Participate in virtual meeting with #G7 leaders re: #Russia and #Ukraine at 9a Eastern

Presser: WH Press Sec Jen Psaki at 2p

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations will have a Security Council meeting at 9:30p Eastern tonight re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per UN schedule guidance.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Spokesperson Ned Price issues stmt re: #Russia and #Ukraine:

"Beware of the following Kremlin disinformation campaigns seeking to justify military action - no evidence supports any of these false claims."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations Security Council meeting re: #Russia and #Ukraine scheduled for 9:30p Eastern tonight is about to start. Here's the UN's livestream.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden issues stmt re: #Russia's attack that's underway against #Ukraine.

Biden outlines what he'll be doing Thursday in response to Russia's new actions.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#NATO's sec gen issues stmt re: #Russia's attack that's underway against #Ukraine:

"NATO Allies will meet to address the consequences of Russia’s aggressive actions."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's MFA issues stmt re: #Russia's attack that's underway against #Ukraine:

"Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ... This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues stmt previewing #Biden's speech Thursday afternoon re: retaliating against #Russia for its attack that's underway against #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Biden issues stmt saying he talked with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, overnight (US time) re: #Russia's attack against #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
North Atlantic Council issues stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Biden has had a meeting this morning with the US Nat'l Security Council in the WH Situation Room re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per WH stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues updated public schedule for #Biden today:
• Meet with US Nat'l Security Council re: #Russia & #Ukraine at 8a Eastern (NEW)
• Speech re: Russia's invasion of Ukraine at 12:30p (NEW)

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW (via WH press pool)
WH issues participant list of today's virtual meeting of #G7 leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues add'l updated public schedule for #Biden today, noting that Biden's speech re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine is now set for 1:30p Eastern.

The speech had been set for 12:30p.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#NATO heads of state and gov't will have an emergency virtual summit Friday re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per NATO public guidance.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #EuropeanUnion's high rep, Josep Borrell, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #EU

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: Says he's authorizing "add'l strong sanctions & new limitations on what can be exported to Russia."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "We have purposefully designed these sanctions to maximize the long-term impact on Russia & to minimize the impact on the United States and our allies."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Today's actions, we have now sanctioned Russian banks that together hold around $1 trillion in assets."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "Our forces are not and will not be engaged in the conflict with Russia in Ukraine. Our forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine, but to defend our #NATO allies and reassure those allies in the east."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: #Russia & #Ukraine: "As I made crystal clear, the United States will defend every inch of #NATO territory with the full force of American power."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues readout of of #Biden's participation today in a virtual meeting with #G7 leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet re: new sanctions from US and allies against #Russia for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's minister of foreign affairs, Dmytro Kuleba, issues stmt saying he's had a conversation with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: "ways to stop #Russia’s brutal war of aggression against #Ukraine."

More Kuleba: "We need the world to help us."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with official from #Latvia, #Lithuania and #Estonia re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation with #Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation with #Poland's foreign minister / OSCE's chairman-in-office, Zbigniew Rau, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation with #India's external affairs minister, Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation with #Israel's foreign minister, Yair Lapid, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt following call with #UK officials re: #Russia & #Ukraine:

"First-ever 2+2 call of two top diplomats + two defense ministers. ... Topics: sanctions and weapons."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of State issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #SaudiArabia's deputy foreign minister, Waleed El Khereiji, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations has added a Security Council meeting to its public schedule for Friday at 3p Eastern re: #Russia and #Ukraine, per UN public guidance.

#Putin #Zelensky #UN

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today #SouthKorea's first vice foreign minister, Choi Jong Kun, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today #Colombia's vice president and foreign minister, Marta Lucia Ramirez, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with Ukraine's minister of defense, Oleksii Reznikov, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversations today with #NATO ally and European counterparts, incl. with officials from the #BucharestNine, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #B9

Friday, #Biden has 2 things on his public schedule, per WH, incl.:
• Meet virtually with #NATO heads of state & gov't re: #Russia & #Ukraine at 9a Eastern

Presser: WH Press Sec Jen Psaki at 2p

Biden will stay at the WH Friday night.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #UnitedNations' sec-gen, #AntonioGuterres, re: #Russia & #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky
#UN #Guterres

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today #Portugal's MFA political director, Rui Vinhas, re: #Russia and #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he's talked with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

They talked re: "the need to use all US influence on some hesitant European countries in order to ban Russia from #SWIFT."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#NATO heads of state and gov't issue stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he just talked with #Biden:

"Strengthening sanctions, concrete defense assistance and an anti-war coalition have just been discussed with
[Biden]."

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's virtual meeting with #NATO allies as well as his conversation with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. Both happened today.

WH says Biden's conversation with Zelensky lasted 40 minutes.

#Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Moldova's president, #MaiaSandu, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Russia vetoes #UnitedNation Security Council's draft resolution that would have condemned "in the 'strongest terms #Russia's aggression against #Ukraine,'" per #UN stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt thanking the #UnitedNations for its draft resolution that would have condemned #Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia vetoed the resolution today, though, so the resolution died.

#Putin

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations Sec-Gen #AntónioGuterres issues stmt after #Russia vetoed a draft resolution that would have condemned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine:

"The #UN was born out of war to end war.

Today, that objective was not achieved."

#Guterres #Putin #Zelensky

This weekend, #Biden has 1 thing on his public schedule, per WH:
Saturday
• Call with his nat'l security team re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern

Sunday
• Nothing

No pressers scheduled.

Biden is spending the weekend in #Wilmington, Delaware.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues new video stmt, as #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine continues.

LINK: instagram.com/p/Cabe-u9FUaf/

#Putin

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt, as #Russia continues to invade #Ukraine:

"A new day on the diplomatic frontline began with a conversation w/ [#France's] Emmanuel #Macron. Weapons and equipment from our partners are on the way to Ukraine."

#Putin

NEW
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt announcing US is providing add'l military assistance to Ukraine re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec John Kirby issues stmt re: US sending add'l military assistance to #Ukraine in the form of $350 million w/r/t #Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt re: #Germany deciding to send weaponry to #Ukraine w/r/t #Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

#Putin #Scholz

#BREAKING
#Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, issues stmt announcing Germany will send weaponry to #Ukraine w/r/t #Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Scholz

#BREAKING
WH forwards stmt from leaders of US, #EuropeanCommission, #France, #Germany, #Italy, the #UK & #Canada re: #Russia w/r/t Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"[W]e commit to ensuring that selected Russian banks are removed from the #SWIFT messaging system."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations will have a Security Council meeting Sunday at 3p Eastern re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per UN public guidance.

#Putin #Zelensky #UN

NEW
US State Dept issues stmt announcing US is giving almost $54 million in humanitarian aid to help Ukrainians.

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues stmt "welcom[ing] Japan's announcement today that it will ... isolate #Russia from the int'l financial system and our economies."

#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#EuropeanCommission's president, Ursula von der Leyen, issues stmt announcing actions against #Russia for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, incl.:
• Closing #EuropeanUnion airspace to airspace to Russian aircraft
• Banning Russian-state media in the #EU

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Greece's foreign minister, Nikos Dendias, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, said he had a meeting with #G7 foreign ministers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Defensive weapons, military equipment, and financial support for Ukraine are underway."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden has been getting briefed today by his nat'l security team re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per WH stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's foreign affairs minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"We insist on a full embargo for Russian #oil and #gas. Buying them now means paying for the murder of Ukrainian men, women and children."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US's #Russia embassy issues security alert amid Russia's invasion of #Ukraine & countries ban Russian aircraft from entering their respective airspace:

"US citizens should consider departing Russia immediately via commercial options still available."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations' Security Council votes in favor of having an emergency special session for #UN's General Assembly re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per UN stmt.

The meeting will take place Monday.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he's talked with the president of the #EuropeanCommission re: "concrete decisions on strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, macro-financial assistance & Ukraine's membership in the #EU."

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Monday:
• Emergency special session for #UN General Assembly re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern
• Security Council meeting re: Russia's invasion of Ukraine at 3p

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #G7 foreign ministers and Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

Monday, #Biden has 4 things on his public schedule, per WH, incl.:
• Return to WH from #Wilmington, Delaware, at 9:50a Eastern
• Call with allies and partners re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 11:15a

Presser: WH Press Sec Jen Psaki at 3p

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Treasury Dept issues stmt saying it "prohibited [US] persons from engaging in transactions with the Central Bank of [#Russia], the Nat'l Wealth Fund of [Russia], & the Ministry of Finance of [Russia]."

FULL STMT: home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt on Facebook, saying he signed an application today to seek membership for #Ukraine in the #EuropeanUnion.

#Russia #Putin #EU

NEW
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt saying State Dept suspended operations at US's embassy in #Minsk, #Belarus, and OK'd non-emergency employees and family to leave US's embassy in #Moscow, #Russia.

#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with foreign ministers from #Kazakhstan, the #Kyrgyz Republic, #Tajikistan and #Uzbekistan re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Turkey's foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) Says can't confirm if Russia changed staffing at their nuclear sites.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) Says US intel indicates Russia is outside the city center of #Kyiv.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) "Make no mistake, Mr. Putin still has at his disposal significant combat power. He hasn't moved all of it into Ukraine, but he's moved the majority of it."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) Says US hasn't seen any new threat to #NATO #ArticleFive countries from Russia.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) Says Russia still wants to "capture #Kyiv."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) Says it's a "safe bet" that Russia hasn't show interest in establishing deconfliction.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense presser: (DOD Press Sec John Kirby) Says US isn't considering a no-fly-zone in Ukrainian airspace.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: US's nuclear posture: "We have not seen reason to change our alert levels."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: US's sanctions against Russia: "No, I would not say we are talking about reducing sanction at this point in time."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says it's up to the #EuropeanUnion to decide whether or not to accept Ukraine into the #EU.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: if Russia or Ukraine is winning war right now: "I don't think we're going to make an assessment of that from here."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says "[n]o option is off the table" when asked if a no-fly zone could possibly be imposed against Russia for US airspace.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): "[#Biden] has no plans to send US military to fight a war in Ukraine against Russia."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: #Biden and Putin possibly talking: "We're not ruling it out ever, just is not the appropriate moment."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says US will accept Ukrainian refugees. Adds that US believes the "vast majority will go to #Europe."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says US does not have specific numbers right now of how many Ukrainian refugees US will accept.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden says Americans should not be worried about nuclear war.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of and participation list re: #Biden's conversation today with allies and partners w/r/t #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 82 minutes, per WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #Netherlands's foreign minister, Wopke Hoekstra, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Turkey's spokesperson / chief presidential advisor, Ibrahim Kalin, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Tuesday:
• Emergency special session for #UN General Assembly re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying at least 5 people have been killed in #Russia's attack of the #Kyiv TV tower in territory of #BabynYar.

#Putin

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he just talked with #Biden re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted a little longer than 30 minutes, per WH press pool.

#Putin

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's separate conversations today with European leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Leaders talked with:
• #Estonia
• #Latvia
• #Lithuania
• #Poland
• #Romania

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues excerpts of #Biden's #StateOfTheUnion address, which he will deliver tonight at 9p Eastern.

One of the two excerpts is about #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky
#SOTU #SOTU2022

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with Ukraine's minister of defense, Oleksii Reznikov, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Wednesday:
• Emergency special session for #UN General Assembly re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept Press Sec Ned Price issues stmt re: #Ukraine's filing w/ Int'l Court of Justice against #Russia w/r/t a claim under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

#Putin #Zelensky
#UnitedNations #UN

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden talks with journalists re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, incl.:
• Says "nothing is off the table" re: possibly banning Russian oil imports
• Says "it's clear they are" re: whether or not Russia is targeting civilian areas

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Russia's Ministry of Defense issues update re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• At least 498 Russian soldiers dead
• At least 1,597 Russian soldiers injured

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's foreign affairs minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he's talked with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"I emphasized: Ukraine needs additional deliveries of weapons, especially for our Air Force, now."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNation approves a non-binding resolution that demands #Russia stop its military attack against #Ukraine and that Russia needs to withdraw its military from Ukraine, per #UN stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #SaudiArabia's foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt in appreciation of #UnitedNation approving today a non-binding resolution that demands #Russia stop its military attack against #Ukraine and that Russia needs to withdraw its military from Ukraine.

#Putin #UN

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: Says US is still open to a diplomatic solution with Russia re: Russia's invasion of Ukraine: (See secreenshot b/c I ran out of character count).

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: "President Putin is more isolated from the world than ever before."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): Says re: US's assessment of Putin's mental status: "I can't put myself in President Putin's mind -- or state of mind. All that we can focus are on the actions that he's taking."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): Says re: Putin and Russia's nuclear posture: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser: Says the Russian convoy that was headed to #Kyiv is still stalled.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser: Says it's hard to know why the Russian convoy to #Kyiv is stalled, but adds there a couple reasons, incl.: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): "We haven't seen any indications that Mr. Putin feels the need to bring in add'l reinforcements from elsewhere in the country."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says Putin has combat power still not in Ukraine.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says Ukraine still has a lot of combat power.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says re: Russia: "They have not taken any of the major population centers that they appear to be wanting to take."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says it's hard for him to predict Russia's intention is for western Ukraine.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says US believes Putin still wants to take #Kyiv and remove Ukraine's gov't.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken will go to #Belgium, #Poland, #Moldova, #Latvia, #Lithuania and #Estonia March 3-8, per State Dept stmt.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden issues stmt re: #UnitedNations approving today a non-binding resolution that demands #Russia stop its military attack against #Ukraine and that Russia needs to withdraw its military from Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #UN

#BREAKING
US State Dept Press Sec Ned Price issues stmt re: #Russia's crackdown on the media in Russia, as Russia invades #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues updated public schedule for #Biden today:
• Call with Quad leaders -- #Australia, #India & #Japan -- re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine "and its implications for the #IndoPacific" at 9a Eastern (NEW)

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept forwards stmt from #ArcticCouncil re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Countries included in stmt:
• #Denmark
• #Finland
• #Iceland
• #Norway
• #Sweden
• US

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he's talked again with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine "to coordinate further strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense capabilities, imposing new sanctions on Russia."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Quad leaders re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Quad consists of (non-US):
• #Australia
• #India
• #Japan

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Slovakia's foreign minister, Ivan Korcok, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: if US wants Russia to be removed from #UnitedNations' Security Council: "We don't see that happening."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky #UN

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): "We are not reconsidering or taking steps that would prompt a war between the United States and Russia."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet announcing new US sanctions on Russian elites and family members re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Include in the list of people in this batch of sanctions is #Putin's press sec, #DmitryPeskov.

#Peskov #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Georgia's president, Salome #Zourabichvili, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with #Austria's sec gen of foreign affairs, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Homeland Security issues stmt saying #Ukraine has been designated as a country for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months re: Ukrainians who have lived continuously in the US since March 1, 2022.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt:

"Russian army is firing from all sides upon #Zaporizhzhia NPP, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Fire has already broke out. If it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than Chornobyl!"

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues stmt re: #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that's on fire in #Ukraine:

"IAEA is aware of reports of shelling at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), in contact with Ukrainian authorities about situation."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues add'l stmt re: #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that's on fire in #Ukraine.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues 3rd stmt re: #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that's on fire in #Ukraine:

"Ukraine regulator tells IAEA there has been no change reported in #radiation levels at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant site."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's separate convos this evening with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, re: #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that's on fire in #Ukraine and with a US official re: the situation:

"[Biden] will continue to be briefed."

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues 4th stmt re: #Zaporizhzhia NPP situation:

"#Ukraine tells IAEA that fire at site of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has not affected 'essential' equipment, plant personnel taking mitigatory actions."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Zaporizhzhia NPP Spokesperson Andrii Tuz says in an interview with CNN that Ukraine is in control of the nuclear power plant, but adds: "Any moment, it may result in a nuclear accident."

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues 5th stmt re: #ZaporizhzhiaNPP situation:

"IAEA puts its Incident and Emergency Centre (@IAEAIEC) in full 24/7 response mode due to serious situation at #Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in #Ukraine."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Energy Sec Jennifer Granholm issues stmt re: #ZaporizhzhiaNPP situation:

"The plant’s reactors are protected by robust containment structures and reactors are being safely shut down."

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky #Zaporizhzhia

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated public guidance for today:
• #UN Security Council meeting re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 11:30a Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
IAEA stmt re: #ZaporizhzhiaNPP:
"#Ukraine has informed the #IAEA that [#Russia has] taken control of the #Zaporizhzhia NPP site. ... Ukraine reports that the safety systems of 6 reactors of the station were not affected, & no radiation material was released."
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #Brussels with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The meeting happened on the margins of the NATO Foreign Ministerial.

#Putin #Zelensky #Stoltenberg

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #Brussels with the #EuropeanCouncil's president, #CharlesMichel, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #EUCO

#BREAKING
US State Dept forwards stmt from #G7 foreign ministers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): "I think the terrible expectation is that the suffering we've already seen is likely to get worse before it gets better."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): "#Biden's been clear that we are not going to get into a war with Russia."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec #JenPsaki presser (taking Qs): "We are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change, that is not the policy of the [US]."

Context: Last night Sen. #LindseyGraham (R-SC) called for this re: #Putin.

#Russia #Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec #JenPsaki presser (taking Qs): Says #Biden doesn't intend to talk with Putin right now: "[Putin] is in the middle of an escalatory war. ... This is not the moment for [Biden] to engage directly with President Putin."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec #JenPsaki presser (taking Qs): Says #Biden remains open to diplomacy.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Poland's president, #AndrzejDuda, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 53 minutes, per WH via WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky #Duda

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Poland's minister of nat'l defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

-#BREAKING
VPOTUS #KamalaHarris will go to #Warsaw, Poland, and #Bucharest, Romania, on March 9-11, for meetings with leaders from #Poland and #Romania re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per WH stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's bilateral meeting at the WH today with #Finland's president, Sauli #Niinistö, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #China's state councilor and foreign minister, Wang Yi, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues "Level 4: Do Not Travel" advisory for #Russia re: Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Level 4 is the highest / most severe level of State Dept travel advisory.

📄 FULL ADVISORY: travel.state.gov/content/travel…

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Russia's official Ministry of Defense Twitter account has been set to private.

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with #Biden re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"The agenda included the issues of security, financial support for Ukraine and the continuation of sanctions against Russia."

#Putin

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation this evening with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 32 minutes, per WH via WH press pool.

#Putin

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations's sec-gen, #AntónioGuterres, stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"It is absolutely essential to establish a pause in the fighting in Ukraine to allow for the safe passage of civilians from #Mariupol, #Kharkiv & #Sumy."

#Guterres #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues new stmt re: #Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in #Ukraine:
• #ZaporizhzhiaNPP is being operated by regular staff, but #Russia controls it
• Ukraine's nuclear regulator is having difficulty talking w/ NPP's operating staff

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US House Speaker Nancy #Pelosi writes "Dear Democratic Colleague" letter re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Our bill would ban the import of Russian #oil and #energy products into the United States, repeal normal trade relations with Russia and #Belarus."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues updated public sched for #Biden today:
• Call w/ European leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10:30a EST (NEW)

On the call (non-US):
• #France's pres., Emmanuel #Macron
• #Germany's chancellor, Olaf #Scholz
• #UK's PM, #BorisJohnson

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 406 civilians killed, as of 12a EEST on March 6
• 801 civilians injured, as of 12a EEST on March 6
• 1.7 million people have become refugees as of 3:15p EEST on March 7

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with European leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Participants (non-US):
• #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron
• #Germany's chancellor, Olaf #Scholz
• #UK's PM, #BorisJohnson

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says there is "active discussion" re: #Biden admin looking at options to cut Russian energy.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says re: possibility of #Poland supplying military planes to Ukraine: "We are not, certainly, preventing or blocking or discouraging Poland."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

JUST IN
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby will have a presser today at 3:15p Eastern, per DOD guidance.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says re: if Congresses passes leg to ban Russian #oil imports: "[#Biden] has not made a decision at this point in time."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says US believe #Mariupol is a target for seizure but Russia, but Russia hasn't taken it yet.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says US believes the Russian convoy's main purpose was "resupply trucks." Adds that the convoy remains stalled / stuck.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #Riga, #Latvia, with #Israel's foreign minister / alternate prime minister, Yair Lapid, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine as well as #Iran.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked again with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"We are coordinating intensively on crucial further steps to increase pressure on Russia."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked with the #UK's foreign sec, #LizTruss, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"I underscored the urgent need to impose new sanctions on Russia for its continued barbaric war crimes in Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues new stmt and video on Facebook re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"I'm staying at #Kyiv .
On Bankova.
Without hiding.
And I fear no one.
As much as it takes to win this war!"

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#Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues updated public schedule for #Biden today:
• Speech "announc[ing] actions to continue to hold #Russia accountable for its unprovoked and unjustified war on #Ukraine" at 10:45a Eastern (NEW)

#Putin #Zelensky

If you're in the US, you can watch #Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, address the #UK's House of Commons live right now on BBC World News.

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
US House Speaker Nancy #Pelosi writes "Dear Democratic Colleague" letter re: penalizing Russia for #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• House leg will ban Russian #oil and #energy imports to US
• House leg will be on the floor today

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet re: #Biden admin's ban of Russian #oil, #LiquefiedNaturalGas (#LNG) and #coal imports to the US re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Energy

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 474 civilians killed, as of 12a EEST on March 7
• 861 civilians injured, as of 12a EEST on March 7
• 2 million people have become #refugees as of 11:39a EEST on March 8

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelesnky

#BREAKING
#Poland's MFA stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, saying Poland is ready to send all its #MIG29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in #Germany for US for free.

Poland, in return, asks US to give it "used aircraft w/ corresponding operational capabilities."
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today in #Paris with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues stmt re: #Chornobyl nuclear power plant as #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine continues.

#Putin #Zelensky #ChornobylNPP

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #UnitedArabEmirates's foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #UAE

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec issues stmt re: #Poland's offer to give its #MIG29 jets to US for free, in return for "used aircraft w/ corresponding operational capabilities":

"[W]e do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's individual conversations today with European counterparts re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #UK
• #France
• #Slovakia

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt and video alleging Russian troops did a "direct strike" at a maternity hospital in the Ukrainian city of #Mariupol:

"Close the sky right now!"

#Ukraine #Russia #Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 516 civilians killed, as of 12a EEST on March 8
• 908 civilians injured, as of 12a EEST on March 8
• 2.15 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 8

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt. saying talks with #EU partners are ongoing, and Zelesnky talked with the #EUCO's president, #CharlesMichel.

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
#UK Ministry of Defense issues stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"The Russian MoD has confirmed the use of the TOS-1A weapon system in Ukraine. The TOS-1A uses thermobaric rockets, creating incendiary and blast effects."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he's talked again with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: "further steps to strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities."

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he's talked with US House Speaker Nancy #Pelosi re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Informed about the humanitarian crisis caused by the aggressor. Further steps in support of 🇺🇦 were discussed."

#Putin

US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser: Says after #Poland's offer yesterday to give its #MIG29 jets to US for free, in return for used aircraft: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser: Says more re: #Poland's offer yesterday to give its #MIG29 jets to US for free, in return for used aircraft: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser: Says more again re: #Poland's offer yesterday to give its #MIG29 jets to US for free, in return for used aircraft: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with the #CzechRepublic's foreign minister, Jan Lipavsky, #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen Psaki issues stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"[W]e should all be on the lookout for Russia to possibly use chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, or to create a false flag operation using them. It’s a clear pattern."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with the #UK's prime minister, #BorisJohnson:

"Discussed increasing sanctions pressure on Russia, further support for 🇺🇦 in fighting the aggressor, including defense assistance."

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Poland's minister of nat'l defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of State Press Sec Ned Price issues stmt refuting #Russia's allegations that the US and #Ukraine have chemical- and bio-weapon ops in Ukraine:

"[T]hese claims have been debunked conclusively and repeatedly over many years."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with Ukraine's minister of defense re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine w/r/t "discuss[ing] the continued provision of defensive security assistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

#Putin #Zelensky

Thursday, #Biden has 4 things on his public sched, per WH, incl.:
• Call with #Turkey's pres., Recep Tayyip #Erdoğan, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a EST
• Meeting w/ #Colombia's pres., Iván #Duque Márquez, at 1:40p

Presser: WH Press Sec at 12:45p

#Putn #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 549 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 9
• 957 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 9
• 2.31 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 9

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues stmt saying VPOTUS #KamalaHarris announced today in #Warsaw, #Poland, add'l funding from the US re: the #HumanitarianCrisis resulting from #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #HumanitarianAid

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Poland's foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip #Erdogan, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Romania's minister of nat'l defense, Vasile Dîncu, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Bulgaria's minister of defense, Dragomir Zakov, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt refuting #Russia's allegations of bio- and chemical-weapons in #Ukraine:

"[The allegations] may actually point at Russia preparing another horrific false flag operation. This tweet is for the record."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
IAEA issues update stmt re: #Ukraine, amid #Russia's invasion:

"Ukraine informed the [IAEA] that it had lost today all communications with the #Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the day after the Russian-controlled site lost all external power supplies."

#Putin #Zelensky

Fri., #Biden has 5 things on his public sched, per WH, incl.:
• Speech re: punishing #Russia for its invasion of #Ukraine at 10:15a EST
• Speech at House Dem Caucus Issues Conf at #Philadelphia at 12:15p
• Go to #CampDavid for weekend at 3:50p

No pressers.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet re: US, #EuropeanUnion and #G7 will announce today economic punishment against #Russia for Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelesnky #EU

#BREAKING
US House Speaker Nancy #Pelosi issues stmt re: revoking permanent normal trade relations with Russia w/r/t #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"When the House returns next week, we will take up legislation to formalize this revocation."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH forwards stmt from #G7 announcing more economic punishment for Russia w/r/t #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked again with #Biden re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"We agreed on further steps to support the defense of Ukraine and increase sanctions against Russia."

#Putin

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 564 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 10
• 982 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 10
• 2.5 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 11

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech at US House Dem Caucus Issues Conf: "I want to be clear, though, we're gonna make sure Ukraine has the weapons to defend themselves from invading Russian force."

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech at US House Dem Caucus Issues Conf: "We will send money and food aid to save Ukrainian lives. We're gonna welcome Ukrainian refugees with welcome arms if in fact they come all the way here."

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech at US House Dem Caucus Issues Conf: "We're going to continue to stand together with allies in Europe and send unmistakable message that we will defend every inch of #NATO territory. Every single inch."

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech at US House Dem Caucus Issues Conf: "We will not fight the third world war in Ukraine."

#Ukraine #Russia
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says DOD can't confirm Ukrainian military allegation today that Russia launched airstrikes within #Belarus.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says DOD hasn't seen evidence of #Belarus troops or forces have entered Ukraine.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says that Putin can end the war right now: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): "Sovereign nations are making decisions for themselves about how to help Ukraine, and we respect those sovereign decisions."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says "no specific interactions" between US and Russia re: deconfliction line. Adds that the US tests the line "once or twice a day" &, mostly, Russia has picked up the calls.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says he doesn't have info re: any captured Russian or Ukrainian soldiers and their possible treatment by the opposing force.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today with the #UK's foreign sec, #LizTruss, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt re: situation in #Mariupol:

"Besieged Mariupol is now the worst humanitarian catastrophe on the planet. 1582 dead civilians in 12 days, even buried in mass graves like this one."

#Russia #Putin

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
IAEA issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl and #Zaporizhzhia.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with #Germany's chancellor, Olaf #Scholz, and #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron:

"I ask my partners to help in releasing the captive mayor of #Melitopol."

#Russia #Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 579 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 11
• 1,002 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 11
• 2.59 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 11

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt re: #Russia reportedly working on turning Ukrainian city of #Kherson into a broken-off "people's republic":

"Given zero popular support, [the referendum to turn it into a 'people's republic'] will be fully staged."

#Putin

NEW
#Russia's official Ministry of Defense Twitter account is no longer set to private.

On March 5, I reported it had been set to private, restricting who had the ability to read its tweets.

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Putin

NEW
#UK Ministry of Defense issues intel update re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"#Putin has publicly welcomed the recruitment of '16,000 mostly Middle Eastern volunteers' to support his invasion of Ukraine."

#Zelensky

#BREAKING
IAEA issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl and #Zaporizhzhia.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: US giving $200 million more to Ukraine for military aid re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt alleging that another Ukrainian mayor has been taken by #Russia: #YevhenMatveyev, of #Dniprorudne.

At least 2 mayors that have been taken or accused to have been taken by Russian forces. The other is the mayor of #Melitopol.
#Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• N/A: Civilian deaths as of 24:00 EEST on March 12
• N/A: Civilian injuries as of 24:00 EEST on March 12
• 2.69 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 12

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan will meet Mon. in #Rome w/ Chinese Communist Party Politburo member / the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission's director re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per US NSC stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky #China

NEW
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked again with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"We both agree that more needs to be done to stop Russian aggression and hold #Russia accountable for its crimes."

#Putin

NEW
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he's talked with the #EuropeanCouncil's president, #CharlesMichel, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Special attention was paid to the further negotiation process on 🇺🇦’s #EU membership."

#Putin #EUCO

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl and #Zaporizhzhia.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he's talked with the #UK's foreign sec, #LizTruss, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The call focused on sanctioning Russia.

Kuleba: "Pressure must increase."

#Putin

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 636 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 13
• 1,125 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 13
• 2.8 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 13

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with European officials re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with the #EuropeanCommission's president, Ursula von der Leyen, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Ukraine continues to move towards membership in the #EU."

#Putin

#BREAKING
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today in #Rome with an official from #China re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says Russia has had 3 "significant strike[s] in western Ukraine. It certainly appears as if the Russians are broadening their target set."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says there aren't new US troop movements going into Europe to talk about at this moment.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says re: possible Ukrainian defense needs: "We're going to continue to provide as much as we can, as fast as we can."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): "Without getting into details about force posture, I can tell you that everybody that's serving and bolstering #NATO's eastern flank is pretty alert, pretty vigilant."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says US believes Russia does not have air seniority over Ukraine: "It's contested."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's separate conversations today with #Bulgaria's prime minister, #KirilPetkov, and the #CzechRepublic's prime minister, #PetrFiala, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl and #Zaporizhzhia.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues stmt saying US is sanctioning 11 Russian defense leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 691 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 14
• 1,143 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 14
• 2.969 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 15

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations' high commissioner for #refugees, Filippo Grandi, issues stmt re: refugee crisis w/r/t #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Today we have passed another terrible milestone: three million refugees have fled from Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelesnky #UN

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of VPOTUS #KamalaHarris's conversation today with the #EuropeanCommission's president, Ursula von der Leyen, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says #Biden will go to #Brussels later this month for a #NATO extraordinary summit on March 24 re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. Adds he'll also be part of a scheduled #EuropeanCouncil (#EUCO) summit re: Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser (taking Qs): Says re: what US defines a potential Russian incursion / invasion into #NATO territory: "That's a conversation we have with our NATO partners and allies."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with France's foreign ministry sec gen, François Delattre, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec issues stmt re: #Biden's trip this month to #Brussels, #Belgium, to participate in an extraordinary #NATO summit on March 24 re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Biden will also take part in an #EuropeanCouncil (#EUCO) summit re: Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"I also underscored the need to step up economic pressure on Russia."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today in #Rome with #Italy's prime minister, Mario #Draghi, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt saying US is giving $186-plus million of extra humanitarian aid for #refugees from Ukraine & people within Ukraine who have been displaced from their previous living situation re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UK Ministry of Defence issues new intel update re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

Wednesday, #Biden has 5 things on his public schedule, per WH, incl.:
• Speech re: providing assistance to #Ukraine w/r/t #Russia's invasion at 11:45a Eastern

Presser: WH Press Sec Jen Psaki at 2:30p

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Nat'l Security Council issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with Russia's sec of the Russian Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 726 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 15
• 1,174 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 15
• 3.06 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 15

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Court of Justice issues provisional ruling, which orders that #Russia has to immediately suspend its invasion of #Ukraine.

📄 FULL PROVISIONAL DOC (22 pgs): icj-cij.org/public/files/c…

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt re: Int'l Court of Justice issuing a provisional ruling today, which orders that #Russia has to immediately suspend its invasion of #Ukraine:

"The order is binding under international law."

#Putin

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: add'l aid to #Ukraine: Says he listened to Zelensky's address to US Congress this morning: "He was convincing."

#Russia #Putin #Zelesnky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: add'l aid to #Ukraine: Says US is giving Ukraine $800 million in security assistance: "That brings the total of new US security assistance to Ukraine to $1 billion, just this week."

#Russia #Putin #Zelesnky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech re: add'l aid to #Ukraine: Says new package in aid incl.:
- 800 anti-aircraft systems
- 9,000 anti-armor systems
- 7,000 small arms
- 20 million rounds for small arms
- Drones

#Russia #Putin #Zelesnky

#BREAKING
WH issues fact sheet detailing what's incl. in the $800 million of security assistance #Biden announced today for Ukraine re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec Def #LloydAustin issues stmt re: security assistance for Ukraine re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting in #Brussels with Quint counterparts re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Quint countries (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: Says re: #Biden calling #Putin a "war criminal" moments ago: "The president's remarks speak for themselves. He was speaking from his heart and speaking from what he [has] seen on television."

#Russia #Ukraine #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's participation inf today's #NATO Defense Ministerial meeting re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept Press Sec Ned Price issues stmt re: Int'l Court of Justice issuing a provisional ruling today, which orders that #Russia has to immediately suspend its invasion of #Ukraine:

"We welcome the Court’s order."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Biden will have a conversation with #China's president, #XiJinping, on Friday, per WH stmt.

The two will talk about multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting today in #Brussel's with #Canada's minister of nat'l defense, Anita Anand, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting today in #Brussel's with #Denmark's minister of defence, Morten Bødskov, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 780 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 16
• 1,252 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 16
• 3.16 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 16

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: "Yesterday, President Biden said that, in his opinion, war crimes have been committed in Ukraine. Personally, I agree."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: "Our experts are in the process of documenting and evaluating potential war crimes being committed in Ukraine."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser: Says what US believes Russia could do next in its invasion of Ukraine: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): Says he hasn't seen "any meaningful efforts" from Russia re: ending the invasion via diplomacy.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken presser (taking Qs): Says he confirms a US citizen was killed in Ukraine. Adds he doesn't have any more details right now.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UK Ministry of Defence issues stmt re: intel update w/r/t #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#Biden has 4 things on his public sched Fri., per WH, incl.:
• Convo w/ #China's pres., #XiJinping, @ 9a EDT; WH said convo topics incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine
• Leave WH to go to #RehobothBeach, Del., for weekend @ 5:10p

Presser: WH Press Sec @ 2:30p

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 816 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 17
• 1,333 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 17
• 3.27 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 18

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #China's president, #XiJinping, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 1 hour, 50 minutes, per WH via WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues picture from #Biden's conversation today with #China's president, #XiJinping, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

The conversation lasted 1 hour, 50 minutes, per WH.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with the #EuropeanCouncil's president, #CharlesMichel, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Special attention was paid to our movement towards membership in the #EU."

#Putin #Zelensky #EUCO

#BREAKING
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked with US Sec State #AntonyBlinken re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukriane:

"[I]t is crucial to further strengthen Ukraine’s defense capabilities."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 847 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 18
• 1,399 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 18
• 3.32 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 18

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 902 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EEST on March 19
• 1,459 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EEST on March 19
• 3.38 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 19

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues humanitarian update re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• Approx 9.8 million people, or nearly 25% of Ukraine's total population have now been displaced, either internally or have fled Ukraine

📄 FULL REPORT: reliefweb.int/report/ukraine…

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl and #Zaporizhzhia.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden will go to #Poland on March 25, after his meetings in #Brussels – both re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine – per WH Press Sec Jen Psaki stmt.

In #Warsaw, Poland, Biden will have a meeting with Poland's president, #AndrzejDuda.

#Putin #Zelensky #Duda

#BREAKING
#Biden will have a conversation with European leaders Monday re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, per WH week ahead guidance.

Participating countries on call (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky

Mon., #Biden has 3 things on his public sched, per WH, incl.:
• Call w/ leaders of #France, #Germany, #Italy & the #UK re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 11a EDT
• Participate in Business Roundtable's CEO quarterly mtg at 6p

Presser: WH Press Sec at 2:30p

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 925 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 20
• 1,496 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 20
• 3.48 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 20

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden issues stmt re: US's #cybersecurity:

"Today, my Administration is reiterating those warnings based on evolving intelligence that the Russian Government is exploring options for potential cyberattacks."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Jen #Psaki presser: (Deputy Nat'l Security Advisor for Cyber & Emerging Tech Anne Neuberger) Says re: US observing Russia cont. to carry out cyber-attack activity in Ukraine: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with European leaders re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Participating countries (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

The call lasted 58 mins, per WH via WH press pool.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says re: if US has seen Russia utilize foreign fighters in Ukraine: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): "We have seen increased naval activity in the #BlackSea." Adds it's hard to know what this means.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): "The Ukrainians are very much defending #Mariupol."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): "We certainly see clear evidence that Russian forces are committing war crimes."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense Press Sec #JohnKirby presser (taking Qs): Says US hasn't seen indications of Russia planning to find nuclear weapons in #Belarus.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden admin's meeting today with business CEOs re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation Monday with #France's foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky
#NATO #Belarus

#BREAKING
US State Dept stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Dept of State has coordinated with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to provide necessary life-saving & immediate care to 4 Ukrainian children whose ongoing cancer treatment was disrupted."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 953 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 21
• 1,557 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 21
• 3.55 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 21

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with European counterparts re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Participating on call (non-US):
• #France
• #Germany
• #Italy
• #UK

#Putin #Zelensky #Belarus

#BREAKING
WH press briefing: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan) "This war will not end easily or rapidly."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH press briefing: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan – taking Qs) Says a new sanctions package is coming, but it will be announced Thursday in partnership with allies.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH press briefing: (US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan – taking Qs) Says US hasn't updated country's own nuclear posture.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt saying he talked with the #UK's foreign sec, #LizTruss, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"We agreed that there should be no hesitation when it comes to imposing new stiff sanctions on Russia."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's convo today with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: "ongoing efforts to fortify NATO’s Eastern Flank & preparations for the March 24 Extraordinary NATO Summit."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Stoltenberg #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Poalnd's foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's conversation today with the European External Action Service's sec gen, Stefano Sannino, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Wednesday:
• Emergency special session for #UN General Assembly re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

WH issues #Biden's public schedule for Wednesday, which incl. his WH departure for meetings this week in Europe re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Presser: WH #COVID19 response at 12p Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Biden talks with journalists before leaving WH to start traveling to Europe for meetings re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Biden says he "think[s] it's a real threat" about his level of concern and how high a threat chemical warfare is.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with the #UK's prime minister, #BorisJohnson, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Discussed the course of hostilities and defense assistance to Ukraine."

#Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 977 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 22
• 1,594 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 22
• 3.62 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 22

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice Ben Van Schaack: Say US assess Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US State Dept Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice Ben Van Schaack: Say re: where accountability will come from re: US officially alleging #Russia of war crimes in #Ukraine:
- Ukraine courts
- 3rd states in region
- Int'l Criminal Court

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Deputy Sec Def Dr. Kathleen Hicks's conversation today with the #UK's permanent under sec for the Ministry of Defence, David Williams, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
US Nat'l Security Advisor talked w/ journos re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine during #Biden's #Brussels flight:
• New sanctions package will target political leaders & oligarchs
• No new US forces to Eastern #Europe in near term

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
IAEA issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl and #Zaporizhzhia NPPs.

There have been wildfires near #ChornobylNPP, & some fires were ongoing at time of IAEA stmt.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Thursday:
• Emergency special session for #UN General Assembly re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern

#Putin #Zelensky

WH issues #Biden's public schedule for Thursday, in which he has meetings in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Biden will have a presser at 8p CET / 3p Eastern (US).

#Putin #Zelensky #NATOsummit
#NATO #EuropeanCouncil #EUCO #G7

NEW (via WH press pool)
WH issues attendance list for today's #NATOsummit in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

NEW
US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Daleep Singh issues stmt re: #Russia partially reopening its stock market today:

"What we’re seeing is a charade: a Potemkin market opening."

#RussiaStockMarket #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

NEW (via WH press pool)
#Biden will have a meeting Friday with the #EuropeanCommission's president, Ursula von der Leyen, in #Brussels, per WH stmt.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting today in #Brussels with #NATO's sec gen, #JensStoltenberg, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Stoltenberg

NEW
#NATO heads of state and gov't issues re: their meeting today re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues fact sheet of US and allies' new sanctions against Russian individuals, incl. 328 #Duma members, and entities re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues fact sheet re: new #HumanitarianAid, development assistance and democracy assistance from #Biden admin to Ukraine and the surrounding region re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Biden issues stmt re: today's #NATOsummit in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #NATO

NEW
US State Dept issues stmt re: new US punishment Russian elites re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt re: US's new sanctions package, which targets Russia's #Duma, Russian elites, other Russians and Russian entities re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW (via WH press pool)
WH issues participant list re: today's #G7 Leaders' meeting – in which Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, spoke at via videoconference – re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 1,035 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 23
• 1,650 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 23
• 3.67 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 23

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UNICEF issues stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"One month of war in Ukraine has led to the displacement of 4.3 million children – more than half of the country’s estimated 7.5 million child population."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting today in #Brussels with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

JUST IN (via WH press pool)
#Biden's presser today will now take place at 6:30p CET / 1:30p Eastern (US), per WH stmt.

Biden's presser today had been scheduled for 8p CET / 3p Eastern (US).

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: Says US will let 100,000 Ukrainian #refeguees into the the country, "with a focus on reuniting families."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "#NATO has never, never been more united than it is today. Putin is getting exactly the opposite what he intended to have as a consequence of going into Ukraine."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says he can't answer if US has intel about possible Russia use of / considering to use chemical weapons.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says re: whether or not US would respond if Russia uses chemical weapons: "We would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says he thinks Russia should be removed from the #G20.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says it's up to Ukraine re: if Ukraine should have to give up territory: "Nothing about Ukraine, w/o Ukraine."

Adds he doesn't think Ukraine will have to give up territory.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine (taking Qs): Says he "plan[s] on attempting to see [Ukrainian #refugees]."

(NOTE: Biden will be in #Poland tomorrow.)

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation today with Ukraine's minister of defence, Oleksii Reznikov, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH forwards stmt from #G7 leaders following their meeting today in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

JUST IN (via WH press pool)
WH issues participant list of #Biden's meeting with the #EuropeanCouncil in #Brussels today re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#EUCO

NEW
#Biden and #EuropeanCommission President Ursula von der Leyen issue joint stmt re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelesnky

NEW
WH issues joint readout from US and #EuropeanCouncil of #Biden's meeting with #EUCO today re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH issues stmt re: #Biden's meeting with the #EuropeanCouncil today in #Brussels re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #EUCO

WH issues #Biden's Friday public schedule, in which he has events in #Brussels, #Belgium, & #Rzeszów, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

Biden will have a presser w/ #EuropeanCommision President Ursula von der Leyen at 9:30a CET / 4:30a Eastern (US).

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues fact sheet re: US and #EuropeanCommission's announcement of a task force to draw down Europe's reliance on fossil fuels from #Russia.

#Putin #Zelensky #Ukraine

NEW
WH issues joint stmt from US and the #EuropeanCommission re: European #EnergySecurity.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky #Energy

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 1,081 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 24
• 1,707 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 24
• 3.72 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 24

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
US Dept of State issues readout of Deputy Sec State #WendySherman's meeting today in Washington with #Italy's MFA sec gen, Ettore Sequi, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky

WH issues #Biden's Sat. public sched, which has activities in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine, incl.:
• Mtg with Poland's president, Andrezj #Duda, at 12:15p CET
• Meeting with #refugees at 2:35p CET
• Speech at 6p CET / 1p Eastern (US)

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Ukraine's MFA, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt re: talks with #Russia:

"No consensus in negotiations yet. ... Russia sticks to ultimatums."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#Biden attended a meeting this morning between US Sec State #AntonyBlinken and #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, and Ukraine's defense minister, Oleksii #Reznikov, per WH stmt.

This was not on Biden's public schedule for today.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH issues update for #Biden's public schedule today, which now reflects the meeting he attended today between US Sec State #AntonyBlinken and #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, and Ukraine's defense minister, Oleksii #Reznikov.

#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
WH and US State Dept issue readouts of #Biden's mtg today w/ US Sec State #AntonyBlinken & #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, & Ukraine's defense minister, Oleksii #Reznikov.

The part Biden attended lasted 41 mins, per WH via WH press pool.
#Russia #Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• N/A civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 25
• N/A civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 25
• 3.77 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 25

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting today with #Poland's president, #AndrzejDuda, re: multiple topics, incl. #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin #Zelensky #Duda

#BREAKING
Mayor of #Lviv, #AndriySadovyi, issues stmt alleging that #Russia's army has hit the Ukrainian city today:

"We are waiting for information from the Military Administration.
Stay in the shelters"

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
Mayor of #Lviv, #AndriySadovyi, issues stmts updating situation re: #Russia's army hitting the Ukrainian city today.

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
Mayor of #Lviv, #AndriySadovyi, issues stmts saying another missile strike has hit the Ukrainian city today.

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: Says Putin's claim of de-Nazifying Ukraine is a "lie" and "obscene": (See screenshot because I ran out of character count.)

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "There's simply no justification or provocation for Russia's choice of war."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: Says re: punishing Russia: "Russia's economy was ranked the 11th-biggest economy in the world before this invasion. It will soon not even rank among the top 20 in the world."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "Helping these #refugees is not something Poland or any other nation should carry alone. All the world democracies have a responsibility to help. All of them."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "Let there be no doubt that this war has already been a strategic failure for Russia. Already."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: Says Putin has strengthened Ukraine, the West and #NATO: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "You, the Russian people, are not our enemy."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "A dictator bent on rebuilding an empire will never erase a people's love for liberty. Brutality will never grind down their will to be free."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden speech in #Warsaw, #Poland, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine: "For God's sake, [Putin] cannot remain in power."

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Mayor of #Lviv, #AndriySadovyi, issues new stmt updating situation re: #Russia's army hitting the Ukrainian city today.

#Ukraine #Zelensky #Putin

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
WH official issues stmt walking back #Biden's regime-change call re: #Putin:

"[Biden]’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in #Russia, or regime change."

#BREAKING
IAEA issues stmt updating situations with nuclear power plants in #Ukraine amid #Russia's invasion, incl. #Chornobyl NPP.

#Putin #Zelensky
#ChornobylNPP #Slavutych

#BREAKING
US Sec State stmt saying US is giving #Ukraine $100m in new aid "to enhance the capacity of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs to provide essential border security, sustain civil law enforcement functions, and safeguard critical governmental infrastructure."

#BREAKING
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation with #Belarus's pro-democracy political opposition leader, #SvyatlanaTsikhanouskaya, who attended Biden's speech in #Warsaw tonight re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Tsikhanouskaya

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• N/A civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 26
• N/A civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 26
• 3.82 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 26

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's Ministry of Defence issues stmt claiming it has killed seven generals from #Russia's military force, and Ukraine names the generals it claims to have killed.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukrainian politician David Arahamia issues stmt re: negotiations between #Russia and #Ukraine:

"Today, in the next round of video talks, a decision was made to hold the next live round by two delegations in #Turkey on March 28-30.
Details to follow."

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 1,119 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 26
• 1,790 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 26

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Ukraine's Ministry of Defence issues stmt alleging #Russia "used banned cluster munitions against civilians near #KryvyiRih."

Ukraine's Ministry of Defence adds that there is an investigation into the situation.

#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden tells journalists after exiting church tonight that he was not calling for a regime change re: #Russia during his Saturday speech in Warsaw, Poland.

#Putin #Zelensky #Ukraine

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with #Germany's chancellor, #OlafScholz, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"Reported on the progress of countering aggression and crimes of the Russian Federation."

#Putin #Scholz

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with #Italy's prime minister, Mario #Draghi, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:

"We appreciate 🇮🇹’s willingness to join the creation of a system of security guarantees for 🇺🇦."

#Putin

NEW
#UnitedNations issues updated numbers re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine:
• 1,151 civilians killed, as of 24:00 EET on March 27
• 1,824 civilians injured, as of 24:00 EET on March 27
• 3.86 million people have become #refugees as of 12:00 CET on March 27

#Putin #Zelensky

NEW
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he's in "constant contact" with the #UK's prime minister, #BorisJohnson, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin

#BREAKING
#Biden presser: Says re: his Saturday comment about Putin when it sounded like Biden was calling for a regime change: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser: Says he doesn't think his Saturday comment about Putin – when it sounded like Biden was calling for a regime change – complicates diplomacy right now.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser: Says he doesn't think his Saturday comment about Putin – when it sounded like Biden was calling for a regime change – could escalate the conflict.

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
#Biden presser: Says if he ever would meet with Putin again: "It depends on what he wants to talk about."

#Russia #Ukraine
#Putin #Zelensky

#BREAKING
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt saying he talked with #Canada's prime minister, Justin #Trudeau, re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine.

#Putin