U.S. President Biden will seek to unite Americans in solidarity with Ukraine in his State of the Union address reut.rs/3pwi9rX#SOTU
President Biden will also address rising inflation in his #SOTU remarks by calling for more cars and semiconductors to be made in the United States reut.rs/3ht8XA3
Public opinion polls have shown Biden out of favor with the majority of Americans for months leading up to tonight's State of the Union address reut.rs/3C4NC9y#SOTU
'We are choking off Russia's access to technology that will sap its economic strength and weaken its military for years to come': Our latest on Biden's #SOTU address: reut.rs/3C9FaGireut.rs/3C9FaGi
Biden said Russian President Putin will pay 'over the long run' for the Ukraine invasion, even if he makes gains on the battlefield reut.rs/3sIhJRn#SOTU
Biden spoke about his plan for fighting inflation. 'Instead of relying on foreign supply chains, let's make it in America,' he said to chants of 'USA' reut.rs/3M9abyF#SOTU
Biden addressed 'Russian oligarchs and corrupt leaders' directly in his State of the Union address reut.rs/3K8aFmF#SOTU2022
In a show of support for Ukraine at #SOTU2022, first lady Jill Biden had as her guest the Ukraine ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, who traveled in the Biden motorcade from the White House to Capitol Hill reut.rs/3ptHGC7
#SOTU22 was not without its partisan moments. Two far-right Republican lawmakers, Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, shouted ‘build the wall’ in response to immigration policy. ‘Sit down,’ a Democratic lawmaker shouted back reut.rs/3ptT8O4
Joe Manchin, the West Virginia Democrat responsible for blocking Biden's Build Back Better spending plan, spent the entire #SOTU speech seated with Republicans on their side of the chamber reut.rs/3ptT8O4
Biden announced Americans will be able to order additional free COVID-19 tests online and additionally a new 'Test to Treat' initiative that will allow people to get tested at a pharmacy and receive antiviral pills 'on the spot' if they test positive reut.rs/3ptT8O4
More on the 'Test to Treat' COVID-19 initiative announced in Biden's State of the Union address: reut.rs/3sxYKbO#SOTU
Straying from his prepared State of the Union remarks on the Ukraine invasion, Biden said Putin 'has no idea what's coming' reut.rs/3C6IGAXreut.rs/3C6IGAX
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Russian troops entered the Ukrainian city of Kherson, forcing their way into the council building, the mayor said, after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had made the first major gain of a city in its eight-day-long invasion reut.rs/3toxVpY
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kremlin would not be able to take Ukraine with bombs and air strikes. Here is what you need to know about the invasion reut.rs/35r7lED
Brent crude is now up almost 20% on the week, while everything from coal to natural gas and aluminum are on fire as Western nations tighten sanctions on Russia reut.rs/3tJ0j6r
Ukraine's south-eastern port of Mariupol was under constant shelling from Russia and unable to evacuate the injured while Kherson, on the Black Sea to the west, was completely surrounded by invading forces, Ukrainian authorities said reut.rs/3vBb50S
Russia said its forces took control the first sizeable city, seizing Kherson, in the south, as fighting raged around the country and Western nations tightened an economic noose around Russia reut.rs/3puikE5
Boeing suspended maintenance and technical support for Russian airlines and U.S. energy firm Exxon Mobil said it would exit Russia, joining a growing list of Western companies spurning Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3vx6I7a
🚨 HAPPENING NOW: As fighting continues in Ukraine, @Journotopia is live from the ground in Lviv on @Reddit to answer your questions about the situation.
Ask here 👉 reut.rs/3HFBr4s
Q: How are people finding ways to rest since the attack began?
A: Ukrainians seem to be sticking close to home and family if they can.
EXCLUSIVE Ukraine's Zelenskiy tells Russia: stop bombing before ceasefire talks can start reut.rs/3vtx3mt
The U.S. government is set to announce a ban on Russian flights from American airspace following similar moves by the European Union and Canada, government and industry officials told @Reutersreut.rs/3Izpz5e
Russia said it was placing temporary restrictions on foreigners seeking to exit Russia assets, as it tried to stem an investor retreat driven by crippling Western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine reut.rs/3tmdWbh
Moscow faced increasing isolation as President Vladimir Putin showed no sign of stopping his invasion of Ukraine, where fierce fighting and Russian bombardment have killed dozens and sparked a refugee crisis reut.rs/3K68QH2
Here's what you need to know about the Ukraine crisis right now reut.rs/3C1Ienz
Markets were steady, after days of volatility with Asian shares edging up and gold slipping slightly as investors watched the conflict in Ukraine unfold, and weighed its economic implications reut.rs/3sr9DMG
When Percy Ohene-Yeboah peered down from his high-rise apartment in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine last week, the street below was clogged with traffic. People hurried along the sidewalks, wheeling suitcases behind them reut.rs/3ItiD9v 1/5
The Ghanaian engineering student went to a window on the other side and discovered why: Russian planes were flying low above the city, trying to evade missiles that rifled through the sky 2/5
As reality dawned, and with nowhere to turn, the 24-year-old, packed a bag and ran to the nearest underground train station for shelter, one of thousands of African students stranded in Ukraine during a Russian invasion, with no idea of how to escape 3/5