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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: whether or not #Biden will meet w/ #Ukraine's pres. during trip: "There is no meeting w/ Pres. #Zelensky scheduled for the trip right now."
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says US has not and will not tell other countries if they can give #Ukraine fighter aircraft: (See screenshot because I ran out of character count.)
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: #Putin, #Zelensky and the war in #Ukraine: (See screenshot because I ran out of character count.)
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says there are not any plans for #Biden to go into #Ukraine while he's in Europe next week.
"I have determined that members of #Russia’s forces and other Russian officials have committed crimes against humanity in #Ukraine. ... There can be no impunity for these crimes. All those responsible must be held accountable."
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: if #China's further decided / acted or not to give lethal aid to Russia: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: how serious he thinks #China is re: sending weapons to #Russia: "Difficult to know. ... We actually don't know the answer to that question."
JUST IN
WH issues readout of #Biden's conversation today with #France's president, Emmanuel #Macron.
They talked re: "their commitment to continue providing #Ukraine with security assistance and imposing costs on #Russia for its aggression," among multiple topics.
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US Dept of Defense issues readout of Sec Def #LloydAustin's convo with #Ukraine's minister of defense, Oleksii #Reznikov:
"Secretary Austin provided an update of US security assistance efforts, and Minister Reznikov detailed recent developments on the ground in Ukraine."
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US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's conversation today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba:
"They discussed the latest situation on the battlefield and the United States’ steadfast support to Ukraine as it defends itself."
JUST IN #UnitedNations issues public guidance for Friday:
• #UN Security Council meeting re: #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine at 3p Eastern
#BREAKING
Int'l Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for #Russia Pres. Vladimir #Putin for "allegedly [being] responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of population [kids] & that of unlawful transfer of population [kids] from occupied areas of #Ukraine," per ICC stmt
#BREAKING #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, issues stmt re: Int'l Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, for alleged war crimes w/r/t #Ukraine:
"Wheels of Justice are turning: I applaud the ICC decision."
#BREAKING #Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, issues stmt re: Int'l Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, for alleged war crimes w/r/t Ukraine:
"The historic decision, from which historical responsibility will begin."
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WH issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan, US Sec Def #LloydAustin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair #MarkMilley's conversation today with their counterparts in #Ukraine. Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, briefly joined the conversation.
#BREAKING (via WH press pool) #Biden talks w/ journos after Int'l Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for #Russia's president, Vladimir #Putin, for alleged war crimes w/r/t #Ukraine, saying:
• "I think it's justified" re: arrest warrant
• "[Putin] clearly committed war crimes"
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US Dept of Defense issues stmt announcing add'l security-assistance package to #Ukraine, this one worth up to $350 million.
The stmt outlines at least some of what's incl. in this add'l package.
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says he does not see #China is not impartial re: Ukraine: "I don't think you can reasonably look at China as impartial in any way."
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) Says he doesn't think #China has taken lethal aid to Russia "off the table, but they haven't moved in that direction."
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby) "[#Biden] wants to keep the lines of communication open with #China. Nothing's changed about that."
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Int'l Atomic Energy Agency Dir Gen Rafael Mariano Grossi issues stmt and pics saying he met today #Zaporizhzhya City re: "protection of the #ZaporizhzhyaNPP and its staff."
#Ukraine's pres., Volodymyr #Zelensky, participated, per Mariano Grossi's pics.
NEW
US State Dept issues readout of Sec State #AntonyBlinken's meeting today with #Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro #Kuleba, in #Brussels, Belgium, on the margins of the #NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting.
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Comm Admiral #JohnKirby talking) Says re: alleged #Kremlin#DroneAttack: (See screenshot b/c I ran out of character count.)
In part two of "A darker shade of red" — my investigative #longreads series for @TNLookout & @statesnewsroom on far-right extremism in #Tennessee: "#WilliamsonCounty, in particular, is the buckle of #ChristianNationalism."
In part three of "A darker shade of red" — my investigative #longreads series for @TNLookout & @statesnewsroom on far-right extremism in #Tennessee: Meet the Fiscuses — and Robin Steenman.
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Communication Admiral #JohnKirby) Says re: US taking down a "high-altitude object over #Alaska ... within the last hour": (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)
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WH Press Sec Karine #JeanPierre presser: (Nat'l Security Council Coord for Strategic Communication Admiral #JohnKirby) Says more re: US taking down a "#HighAltitudeObject over #Alaska ... within the last hour": (See screenshot b/c I ran out of characters.)
"The [US] & our allies and partners will continue to provide Ukraine w/ what it needs to defend itself. ... We will stand w/ Ukraine for as long as it takes."
#BREAKING
WH issues stmt from US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson re: US Nat'l Security Council Advisor #JakeSullivan's meeting today in #Kyiv w/ #Ukraine's president, Volodymyr #Zelensky, & other Ukrainian officials, incl. the minister of defense, Oleksii #Reznikov.
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WH / US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan conversation today with nat'l security advisors, foreign ministers & other officials from #BucharestNine of #NATO Allies re: #Russia & #Ukraine.
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WH / US Nat'l Security Council spokesperson issues readout of US Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Russia's foreign policy advisor to the president, #YuriyUshakov.
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Nat'l Security Council Spokesperson Emily Horne issues readout of Nat'l Security Advisor #JakeSullivan's conversation today with #Ukrain's head of presidential office, #AndriyYermak.