* President Joe Biden is planning to impose sanctions directly on Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
* The European Union and United Kingdom announced they would introduce sanctions targeting Putin and Lavrov
* 'In alignment with the decision by our European allies, the United States will join them in sanctioning President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov,' Jen Psaki said
* The move will be largely symbolic as it remains unclear where Putin's money is and how much there is of it
* Biden had been under pressure to directly target the Russian leader
* Biden also spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for about 40 minutes on Friday
* Zelensky said the two men discussed stronger sanctions on Russia and more support from the United States
* 'Strengthening sanctions, concrete defense assistance and an anti-war coalition have just been discussed with @POTUS. Grateful to [United States],' he said
* Zelensky is also battling a Russian-disinformation campaign that he had fled Kyiv
* 'We are here. We are in Kyiv. We are defending Ukraine,' Zelensky said in a video posted to Facebook, speaking from the streets
President Joe Biden is planning to impose sanctions directly on Vladimir Putin, the White House announced on Friday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov wil also be targeted.
The European Union and United Kingdom announced they would introduce sanctions targeting Putin and Lavrov on Friday.
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Update #1: US, Europe agree to freeze assets of Russia’s Putin, Lavrov (AP)
Update #2: US to sanction Putin – White House (RT)
WNU Editor: U.S. is escalating its response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while trying to placate Ukraine anger that the White House is not doing enough .... Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells Anthony Blinken to BAN Russia from the SWIFT banking system after Zelensky slammed Biden for watching invasion 'from a distance' - while Congress pushes $600 million weapons package for Kiev (Daily Mail).
After President Zelensky talked to President Biden, Russian media is reporting that Ukraine President Zelensky has formally agreed to hold talks, but not in Belarus .... Zelensky agreed to talks with Kremlin, venue being discussed – Kiev (RT).
5 comments:
Would you consider this an act of war? Sanctioning a head of state?
antitroll are you not tired of being a pud. The brain power you have exhibited would not power a hamster.
Joe Biden won’t sanction Russian oil – but he froze ALL new oil and gas drilling projects in the US just THREE DAYS AGO.
200bn personal wealth...
on a public servant's salary lol
Putin is a tyrant, obviously. A dictator, like Joseph Biden, who amassed millions through corruption, and that's just what our media tells us.
Why not hang them all?
Why not live freely? Rid the planet of these ghouls, these tyrants, these bloodsucking vampires who quench the spirit of humanity
YOU START
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