Biden sanctions Russia over 'beginning of invasion ': Russia-Ukraine conflict


 

The US has hit Russia with wide-ranging  financial sanctions over what President Joe Biden called "the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine"

U.S. President Joe Biden ordered heavy US financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs on Tuesday, stepping up the West's confrontation with Moscow, even as Russian lawmakers President  Putin to use military force outside their country.

Mr Biden said.,"We've cut off Russia's government from Western financing," 

It came after Russian  President Vladimir Putin to send troops into two rebel-held parts of eastern Ukraine.

Russia has recognised the regions as independent - a move Ukraine said attacks its sovereignty.


Biden, in a brief address from the White House, accused President  Putin of flagrantly violating international law in what he called the “beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine," and promised that more sanctions would be coming if Putin proceeds further.

The US is also moving troops into NATO member states Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - which are on or near Russia's border - an official said.

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