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“The United States Congress joins President Biden and all Americans in praying for the Ukrainian people.” “The goal of our sanctions is to make this a strategic failure for Russia,” he said. - The US is deploying additional troops to Germany, although Biden made clear that he would not send service members to Ukraine. “Our forces are not, and will not be, engaged in the conflict with Russia in Ukraine,” Biden said. “There may be some economic consequences to such sanctions, given Russia’s significant role in world energy markets,” Obama acknowledged. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows where these dangerous trends can lead -- and why they cannot be left unchallenged,” Obama said. We need the world to help us.” Last night, he spoke repeatedly with his national security advisor, Jake Sullivan and also to UN ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, before she delivered a rousing call-to-arms at the UN security council emergency meeting on Ukraine. He also spoke to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his only phone call with the leader since the Russian invasion. Psaki said Biden is still planning to announce his nominee for the supreme court before the end of the month. Time is not on our side.” - But Biden did not call for Russia to be banned from the Swift banking system, and he is not issuing direct sanctions on Putin, as some lawmakers have called for. She added that “no job offer has been made”. The sanctions call for Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, to be severed from the US financial system, restricting the bank’s access to transactions made in the American dollar.

East Room 1:43 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Sorry to keep you waiting. Good afternoon. The Russian military has begun a brutal assault on the.

Q And are you — are you — if I could follow-up, sir. And in terms of a Cold War, that depends. The — you heard the speech he made — almost an hour’s worth of speeches — why he was going into Ukraine. THE PRESIDENT: Specifically, the sanctions we’ve imposed exceed SWIFT. The sanctions we imposed exceed anything that’s ever been done. But now the entire world sees clearly what Putin and his Kremlin — and his Kremlin allies are really all about. I know you always stress the difference between Wall Street and Main Street, but everybody seems to be in for some economic pain. But the Ukrainian people have known 30 years of independence, and they have repeatedly shown that they will not tolerate anyone who tries to take their country backwards. Putin has a — has committed an assault on the very principles that uphold global peace. And I want to be clear: The United States is not doing this alone. And the United States will release additional barrels of oil as conditions warrant. As I made crystal clear, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full force of American power. The Russian military has begun a brutal assault on the people of Ukraine without provocation, without justification, without necessity.

As he told NBC News in an interview shortly before the Super Bowl, it would not do anyone any good to have US troops anywhere near Russian forces. Russia has ...

All of this means Biden does not have a brilliant hand. It is worth listening to a translation or reading a transcript of the speech Putin delivered on Monday night, speaking at 10pm from the Kremlin. “Let me emphasise once again that Ukraine for us is not just a neighboring country. Thirdly, Biden and US allies have vowed major economic sanctions against Russia: that was what he announced on Thursday. The measures will cut off Russia’s largest financial institution, Sberbank, and 25 of its subsidiaries from the US financial system. And while the average American does not care that much about events in places such as Ukraine, they do notice when fuel prices rise. He has few good options to try and stand down Putin. Logic is not going to win the day. As volunteers removed body parts and luggage from a hillside, the villagers — all of whom watched Russian state TV — were adamant the plane had been shot down by Ukrainian forces in Kyiv rather than the pro-Russian rebels. The strategy of Biden and America’s Nato allies essentially appears to have been three-fold. On Wednesday, Putin showed his disdain for Biden and US allies when he ordered a large military strike against Ukraine, leaving scores dead and triggering one of the worst crises in Europe since the end of the Second World War. No doubt some of the speculation was embarrassing. All of this is wise and smart. As he told NBC News in an interview shortly before the Super Bowl, it would not do anyone any good to have US troops anywhere near Russian forces. He was asked in what circumstances might be send troops to rescue trapped Americans. “There’s not [one],” he said.

President takes aim at Russia's largest banks and companies but is emphatic US troops will not engage in conflict in Ukraine.

“We condemn it and request their release.” For several weeks, the US has declassified and made public Putin’s secret plans, while moving quickly to blame Russia for a series of cyber-attacks against Ukrainian banks and agencies. The penalties imposed on Thursday were designed to further destabilize Russia’s financial system while starving the country of technology critical to its economy and military, such as semiconductors. Asked by reporters whether he was consulting China to isolate Russia, Biden would not comment. Earlier on Thursday, Biden convened a meeting of the US national security council. Putin chose this war,” the US president said.

US President Joe Biden announced additional sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine, warning that Vladimir Putin will ultimately pay a ...

The United States and our allies and partners will emerge from this stronger, more united, more determined and more purposeful. The next few weeks and months will be hard on the people of Ukraine. Putin has unleashed a great pain on them. This will enable Nato’s high readiness forces to deploy where and when they’re needed to protect our Nato allies on the eastern boundaries of Europe. And now I’m authorizing additional us force capabilities to deploy to Germany as part of Nato’s response, including some of the us based forces that the department of defense placed on standby weeks ago. I spoke last night to President Zelensky of Ukraine and I assured him that the United States together with our allies and partners in Europe will support the Ukrainian people as they defend their country. Some of the most powerful impacts of our actions will come over time as we squeeze Russia’s access to finances and technology for strategic sectors of its economy and degrade its industrial capacity for years to come. As I made crystal clear the United States will defend every inch of Nato territory with the full force of American power. We’re going to stunt the ability to finance and grow the Russian military. And it will be a major hit to Putin’s longterm strategic ambitions. It will strike a blow to their ability to continue to modernize their military. I want to be clear the United States is not doing this alone. Today i’m authorizing additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to Russia. This is going to impose severe costs on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time. The Russian military’s begun a brutal assault on the people of Ukraine. Without provocation, without justification, without necessity, this is a pre-mediated attack.

President Joe Biden has called Russian president Vladimir Putin an “aggressor” who “chose this war” as he announced a series of “major” sanctions against ...

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