NEW
#NATO allies pledge add'l support for #Ukraine, per NATO stmt.
The add'l support incl. heavy weapons and military training.
#Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: whether or not #Biden will meet w/ #Ukraine's pres. during trip: "There is no meeting w/ Pres. #Zelensky scheduled for the trip right now."
#Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says US has not and will not tell other countries if they can give #Ukraine fighter aircraft: (See screenshot because I ran out of character count.)
#Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: #Putin, #Zelensky and the war in #Ukraine: (See screenshot because I ran out of character count.)
#Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says there are not any plans for #Biden to go into #Ukraine while he's in Europe next week.
#Russia
#BREAKING
US Sec State #AntonyBlinken issues stmt:
"I have determined that members of #Russia’s forces and other Russian officials have committed crimes against humanity in #Ukraine. ... There can be no impunity for these crimes. All those responsible must be held accountable."
JUST IN
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, in #Munich, Germany, on the margins of the #MunichSecurityConference.
#Russia
#BREAKING
#Biden issues stmt saying he's in #Kyiv, #Ukraine, today.
The trip to Ukraine was not previously announced by the WH, and comes days ahead of the one-year anniversary of #Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
NEW (via WH press pool)
Air raid sirens blared in #Kyiv while #Biden was there today.
#Ukraine #Russia
#BREAKING
US Dept of Treasury issues readout of Treasury Sec #JanetYellen's meeting today in #Kyiv, Ukraine, with #Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky.
#Russia #Yellen
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: if #China's further decided / acted or not to give lethal aid to Russia: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)
#Russia #Ukraine
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: how serious he thinks #China is re: sending weapons to #Russia: "Difficult to know. ... We actually don't know the answer to that question."
#Ukraine
NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba:
"The two discussed the Secretary’s recent brief conversation with Russian Foreign Minister #SergeiLavrov."
#Russia
#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues stmt announcing add'l security-assistance package to #Ukraine, this one worth up to $400 million.
The stmt outlines at least some of what's incl. in this add'l package.
#Russia
JUST IN
WH issues readout of #Biden's meeting today at the WH with #Germany's chancellor, #OlafSholz:
"[T]he leaders discussed ongoing efforts to provide security, humanitarian, economic, and political assistance to #Ukraine."
#Scholz #Russia
JUST IN
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron.
They talked re: "their commitment to continue providing #Ukraine with security assistance and imposing costs on #Russia for its aggression," among multiple topics.
JUST IN
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's convo with #Ukraine's minister of defense, Oleksii #Reznikov:
"Secretary Austin provided an update of US security assistance efforts, and Minister Reznikov detailed recent developments on the ground in Ukraine."
JUST IN
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba:
"They discussed the latest situation on the battlefield and the United States’ steadfast support to Ukraine as it defends itself."
#Russia
JUST IN
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Friday:
• #UN Security Council meeting re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 3p Eastern
#BREAKING
Int'l Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for #Russia Pres. Vladimir #Putin for "allegedly [being] responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population [kids] & that of unlawful transfer of population [kids] from occupied areas of #Ukraine," per ICC stmt
#BREAKING
#Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt re: Int'l Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, for alleged war crimes w/r/t #Ukraine:
"Wheels of Justice are turning: I applaud the ICC decision."
#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt re: Int'l Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, for alleged war crimes w/r/t Ukraine:
"The historic decision, from which historical responsibility will begin."
#BREAKING
WH issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan, US Sec Def #LloydAustin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley's conversation today with their counterparts in #Ukraine. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, briefly joined the conversation.
#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden talks w/ journos after Int'l Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, for alleged war crimes w/r/t #Ukraine, saying:
• "I think it's justified" re: arrest warrant
• "[Putin] clearly committed war crimes"
#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues stmt announcing add'l security-assistance package to #Ukraine, this one worth up to $350 million.
The stmt outlines at least some of what's incl. in this add'l package.
#Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says he does not see #China is not impartial re: Ukraine: "I don't think you can reasonably look at China as impartial in any way."
#Ukraine #Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says he doesn't think #China has taken lethal aid to Russia "off the table, but they haven't moved in that direction."
#Ukraine #Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) "[#Biden] wants to keep the lines of communication open with #China. Nothing's changed about that."
#Ukraine #Russia
#BREAKING
Int'l Atomic Energy Agency Dir Gen Rafael Mariano Grossi issues stmt and pics saying he met today #Zaporizhzhya City re: "protection of the #ZaporizhzhyaNPP and its staff."
#Ukraine's pres., Volodymyr #Zelensky, participated, per Mariano Grossi's pics.
#Zaporizhzhia
#BREAKING (via WH press pool)
#Biden tells journalists re: report that #Russia is sending tactical nuclear weapons to #Belarus:
"A dangerous kind of talk, it's worrisome."
#Putin #Ukraine
NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, in #Brussels, Belgium, on the margins of the #NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting.
#Russia
#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout announcing add'l security assistance for #Ukraine.
One part is worth up $500M. Another, deemed a "significant package of air defense capabilities," among multiple components, is worth $2.1B.
Stmt outlines at least some of what's incl.
NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation Tuesday with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba.
#Russia
JUST IN
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's meeting today at the Pentagon with #Ukraine's prime minister, #DenysShmyhal.
#Russia #Shmyhal
NEW
US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's conversation with #Ukraine's minister of defence, Oleksii #Reznikov.
#Russia
#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues readout announcing add'l security assistance for #Ukraine, with this package being worth up to $325 million.
Stmt outlines at least some of what's incl.
#Russia
#BREAKING
WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby talking) Says re: alleged #Kremlin #DroneAttack: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)
#Ukraine #Russia
#BREAKING
US Dept of Defense issues stmt announcing add'l US security assistance for #Ukraine, with this package being worth up to $1.2 billion.
Stmt outlines at least some of what's incl.
#Russia
JUST IN
#UnitedNations issues public guidance for Monday:
• #UN Security Council meeting re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 10a Eastern
JUST IN
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba.
#Russia
#BREAKING
#Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt "welcom[ing]" news that US will help Ukraine with F-16 training.
Zelensky adds he'll attend the #G7Summit in #Hiroshima, Japan.
#Russia #G7広島サミット
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