President Joe Biden has said that Vladimir Putin is “poised to go much further” in attacking Ukraine, as he outlined a “first tranche” of sanctions against Russia
In a televised statement, Mr Biden said that Russia's move to lay claim to more Ukrainian territory controlled by Kyiv represents “the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine”
The president said the US would impose sanctions on Russia's sovereign debt, its financial institutions and the country’s elites and their family members
“Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belongs to his neighbours?” he asked.
🇱🇹Lithuania has become the latest country in Europe to impose a state of emergency after the Russian invasion of Ukraine telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇩🇪Germany is boosting its defence to ward off any possible surges in cyberattacks, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has said telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
🇷🇺Banks in Moscow are running out of foreign currency.
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, in a statement called on Russia not to panic-withdraw funds telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
Boris Johnson said he is "appalled by the horrific events" in Ukraine and that he had spoken to its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss "next steps".
⚫️An £8m property in Belgravia inhabited by the son of a newly sanctioned Russian oligarch could be seized by the Government as part of the response to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine
💼Official records show the property is linked to Roman Rotenberg, a British citizen, whose father is Boris Rotenberg, who alongside his brother Arkady is one of Russia's richest businessmen
❌For the best part of two years, Putin has been kept in a biosecurity bubble of such severity that people scheduled to meet him spend a fortnight in guarded isolation.
And even then have to pass through a tunnel fogged with disinfectant and bathed in ultraviolet light
➡️Beyond a relative handful of his closest aides and friends, everyone has become a two-dimensional figure on a screen to him, his country a foreign land experienced through the TV news
💬The Foreign Secretary has said that "nothing is off the table" to stop Vladimir Putin's incursion into Ukraine.
Western officials increasingly believe Putin is preparing to launch a full invasion, a move which could lead to thousands of casualties telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…