US ‘taking the first steps’ to ban imports of Russian vodka, seafood and diamonds‘We are not ready’: a cyber expert on US vulnerability to a Russian attackLive updates: Russia-Ukraine warFull report: Russia widens attack to more citiesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailIn his remarks, Biden said the US would welcome Ukrainian refugees with “open arms” and vowed to provide additional support to the besieged nation. Repeating the message Harris just delivered in Romania, Biden, speaking from the White House’s Roosevelt Room, pledged again that the US was prepared to defend “every single inch of Nato territory with the full might of a united and galvanized” security alliance. “We will not fight a war against Russia and Ukraine,” he said. “Direct confrontation between and Russia is world war three, something we must strive to prevent.” hoped to dominate Ukraine without a fight. He failed. He hoped to fracture European resolve. He failed. He hoped to weaken the Transatlantic alliance. He failed. He hoped to split apart American democracy, in terms of our positions. He failed. The American people are united. The world is united and we stand with the people of Ukraine. We will not let autocrats and would-be emperors dictate the direction of the world. Democracies are rising to meet this moment, rallying the world to the side of peace and the side of security. We are showing our strength and we will not falter.” Continue reading…
- US ‘taking the first steps’ to ban imports of Russian vodka, seafood and diamonds
- ‘We are not ready’: a cyber expert on US vulnerability to a Russian attack
- Live updates: Russia-Ukraine war
- Full report: Russia widens attack to more cities
- Sign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email
In his remarks, Biden said the US would welcome Ukrainian refugees with “open arms” and vowed to provide additional support to the besieged nation. Repeating the message Harris just delivered in Romania, Biden, speaking from the White House’s Roosevelt Room, pledged again that the US was prepared to defend “every single inch of Nato territory with the full might of a united and galvanized” security alliance.
“We will not fight a war against Russia and Ukraine,” he said. “Direct confrontation between and Russia is world war three, something we must strive to prevent.”
hoped to dominate Ukraine without a fight. He failed. He hoped to fracture European resolve. He failed. He hoped to weaken the Transatlantic alliance. He failed. He hoped to split apart American democracy, in terms of our positions. He failed.
The American people are united. The world is united and we stand with the people of Ukraine. We will not let autocrats and would-be emperors dictate the direction of the world. Democracies are rising to meet this moment, rallying the world to the side of peace and the side of security. We are showing our strength and we will not falter.”