BREAKING: "The #Russia|n military's begun a brutal assault on the ppl of #Ukraine without provocation, without justification" per @POTUS
Says #Russia massed +175,000 troops to Ukraine's borders before launching the invasion
Says #Russia massed +175,000 troops to Ukraine's borders before launching the invasion
#Russia's Vladimir Putin "rejected every good-faith effort the #UnitedStates & our allies & partners made...to avoid needless conflict" per @POTUS
.@POTUS calls speeches & meetings by #Russia's Putin in the run-up to the invasion "staged political theater"
"#Putin is the aggressor" per @POTUS "Putin chose this war & now he and his country will bear the consequences"
.@POTUS unveils new sanctions, restrictions "to maximize the long-term impact on #Russia"
"We will limit #Russia's ability to do business in dollars, euros, pounds, & yen" per Biden "We'll limit their ability...to be part of the global economy"
"We will limit #Russia's ability to do business in dollars, euros, pounds, & yen" per Biden "We'll limit their ability...to be part of the global economy"
"We're going to impair their ability to compete in the hi-tech 21st century economy" & limit ability of #Russia to finance its military, per @POTUS
"We've now sanctioned #Russia|n banks that together hold around $1 trillion in assets" per @POTUS "We've cut off Russia's largest bank, a bank which holds 1/3 of Russia's banking assets by itself"
"Every asset they have in America will be frozen"
"Every asset they have in America will be frozen"
"Some of the most powerful impacts of our actions will come over time as we squeeze #Russia's access to finances & technology for strategic sectors of its economy" per @POTUS
Says US, allied actions will cut off 50% of Russia's hi-tech imports
Says US, allied actions will cut off 50% of Russia's hi-tech imports
"It will degrade their aerospace industry, including their space program" per @POTUS "It will hurt their ability to build ships"
"It will be a major hit to #Putin's long-term ambitions" he promises
"It will be a major hit to #Putin's long-term ambitions" he promises
"As I've made crystal clear, the #UnitedStates will defend every inch of @NATO territory w/the full force of American power" per @POTUS
NEW: @NATO's high-readiness forces now activated to deploy when & where they're needed, per @POTUS
"I'm authorizing additional force capabilities to deploy to #Germany," including forces on standby in the US, he says
"I'm authorizing additional force capabilities to deploy to #Germany," including forces on standby in the US, he says
"This aggression cannot go unanswered" per @POTUS "If it did, the consequences for America would be much worse"
"America stands up to bullies. It stands up for freedom" per @POTUS "This is who we are"
#Russia|n propaganda outlets will keep trying to hide the truth & claim success for its military action against a made-up threat" per @POTUS
"But history has shown time & again how swift gains in territory eventually give way to grinding occupations...strategic dead-ends"
"But history has shown time & again how swift gains in territory eventually give way to grinding occupations...strategic dead-ends"
"This is a dangerous moment for all of #Europe, for freedom around the world" per @POTUS
"Putin has committed an assault on the very principles that uphold the global peace. Now the entire world sees clearly what Putin and his criminal allies are really all about"
"Putin has committed an assault on the very principles that uphold the global peace. Now the entire world sees clearly what Putin and his criminal allies are really all about"
"#Putin's aggression against #Ukraine will end up costing #Russia dearly, economically and strategically" per @POTUS "We will make sure of that"
"Putin will be a pariah on the int'l stage. Any nation that countenances Russia's naked aggression...will be stained by association"
"Putin will be a pariah on the int'l stage. Any nation that countenances Russia's naked aggression...will be stained by association"
"I have no plans to talk w/#Putin" per @POTUS
"The way we're going to ensure it doesn't spiral into a larger conflict is by providing all the forces need in the eastern European nations that are members of @NATO"
"The way we're going to ensure it doesn't spiral into a larger conflict is by providing all the forces need in the eastern European nations that are members of @NATO"
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