Biden has maintained that he will not send U.S. troops to Ukraine. @idreesali114 explains the president's rationale 2/7
How the U.S. acts on Ukraine will affect its relations with Asia-Pacific countries, namely China, Secretary of State Blinken has hinted. @humeyra_pamuk explains his thinking and why the crisis matters thousands of miles away 3/7
Could Russia’s assault on Ukraine open the door for China to invade Taiwan? That is a big worry in Washington and throughout Asia, @idreesali114 says 4/7
Sanctions on Russia could have a different impact on Russia than say, North Korea, @michellenichols says 5/7
But can sanctions really change Russian President Putin's behavior? @humeyra_pamuk asks whether sanctions are as an effective foreign policy tool as they used to be 6/7
Ukrainian forces are putting up 'very determined resistance' to Russia's invasion, a U.S. defense official said, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy struck a defiant tone on the streets of the capital Kyiv reut.rs/3BX3vyN
Refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine poured across its western borders on the third day of fighting, with more than 100,000 reaching Poland so far, many making the final stretch of their journeys to safety on foot reut.rs/33YfnEi
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed moves to disconnect Russia from 'global financial civilization' in a video message after a French presidential official said EU members were close to agreeing to exclude Russia from the SWIFT payment system reut.rs/3M31Hcd
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed to stay in Kyiv as his troops battled Russian invaders advancing toward the capital in the biggest attack on a European state since World War Two reut.rs/3vw4HrZ
President Joe Biden hit Russia with a wave of sanctions after Moscow invaded Ukraine, measures that impede Russia's ability to do business in major currencies along with sanctions against banks and state-owned enterprises reut.rs/36G5iNd
Former heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko said he would take up arms alongside his brother and fellow Hall of Famer Wladimir Klitschko to fight in what is a ‘bloody war’ following Russia's invasion of their country Ukraine reut.rs/3MbqM51
Police detained more than 1,600 Russians protesting against Russia's multi-pronged military operation in Ukraine, while authorities threatened to block media reports that contain what Moscow described as 'false information' reut.rs/3pcUxZe 1/5
In acts of cautious, but unusual dissent, Russian pop stars, journalists, a television comedian and a footballer opposed the war online after President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday 2/5
Hundreds of people rallied in cities including Moscow, St Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, chanting slogans like 'No to war!' and holding up makeshift signs. One person waved a Ukrainian flag 3/5
Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized troops to carry out a special military operation in the Donbass region of Ukraine, Russian news agencies said reut.rs/3IgLYEh
UPDATE: Russian President Vladimir Putin authorizes a military operation in eastern Ukraine reut.rs/3sdJ8dq
More explosions heard in Ukraine's Kyiv, according to a Reuters witness
Taking a cue from demonstrations that paralyzed Canada's capital city, Ottawa, for weeks, U.S. truckers plan to embark on a 2,500-mile cross-country drive toward Washington, D.C., to protest COVID-19 restrictions reut.rs/3seoD0e 1/5
Organizers of the 'People's Convoy' say they want to 'jumpstart the economy' and reopen the country. Their 11-day trek will approach the Beltway around the U.S. capital on March 5 'but will not be going into D.C. proper,' according to a statement 2/5
The Pentagon said it had approved 400 National Guard troops from the District of Columbia, who would not carry weapons, to help at traffic posts from Saturday through March 7 3/5
The United States and its allies sought to step up sanctions pressure on Russia over the deployment of troops in separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, in one of the worst security crises in Europe in decades reut.rs/3p6aUXy