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Feb 22 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Live Russia-Ukraine updates: nbcnews.to/3LNrDbT

• Putin orders troops to eastern Ukraine after formally recognizing breakaway regions
• U.S. to announce new sanctions against Russia on Tuesday
• Zelenskyy to consider severing diplomatic relations with Russia
State Dept. personnel working out of Lviv relocated to Poland to spend the night amid concerns of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sec. Blinken says. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Britain announces a "barrage" of sanctions against Russia following the latest developments in the Ukraine crisis. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
A meeting between Sec. Blinken and Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov planned for Thursday is now “in real jeopardy," a senior Biden administration official tells @NBCNews. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Sec. Blinken calls off meeting with Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
A bipartisan group of 43 U.S. House members send a letter to President Biden urging him to "receive authorization from Congress before involving U.S. armed forces in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine." nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…
Australia joins the U.S., the EU, Canada, Germany and Britain to impose sanctions on Russia after Moscow ordered troops into separatist regions in Ukraine and recognized them as independent entities. nbcnews.com/news/world/liv…

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