He said Monday that sanctions need to go further to stop Russia’s aggression, including an oil embargo, blocking all of its banks and cutting off trade with Russia completely.
A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian.
President Joe Biden blamed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for rising inflation and food shortages Wednesday.
The House has emphatically approved a fresh $40 billion Ukraine aid package that beefs up President Joe Biden’s initial request.
Russian President Vladimir Putin used a major patriotic holiday to again justify his war in Ukraine but did not declare even a limited victory or signal where the conflict was headed.
Ukraine President Volodymir Zelensky says U.N. officials are working with his country to evacuate more civilians trapped in a steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol. Hundreds of Ukrainians at the plant have been trapped underground for months, as Russian troops repeatedly shelled the facility. Late Sunday night, international peacekeepers were able to strike a deal with Russian and Ukrainian authorities to evacuate about 100 people.
President Biden says the “cost of this fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is going to be more costly.” The proposal has more than $20 billion in military assistance for Ukraine and for bolstering defenses in nearby countries.
After nearly three years detained in Russia, former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed is back home. Reed was released Wednesday as part of a prisoner exchange between the U.S. and Russia. Two Americans, including basketball star Britney Griner, remain in Russian custody and questions are swirling about when they too might be freed.
Russia is engaging in a drastic economic escalation, by cutting off supplies of natural gas to two members of NATO. This comes as the UN secretary general says a deal is in place to ease the humanitarian crisis in Mariupol, although we’ve heard that before.
Russia’s military is ramps up its offensive in the Donbas region of Ukraine. Their latest attempt to gain control in the east is now using targeted missile strikes. As the civilian death toll increases, the United States opens its arms to Ukrainian refugees.
