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Cyber Attacks Take Down Ukrainian Govt Websites, Soldiers Are Getting “Flee Or Be Killed” Text Messages

The Daily Beast reports: Ukrainian government websites were knocked offline Wednesday in a new wave of cyberattacks pummeling Ukraine, just as Russian forces are starting to roll into the country and Ukraine declares a nationwide state of emergency over Russia’s recent aggression. The sites of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its Security Service or SBU, and Cabinet of Ministers were …

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US Warns Ukraine Govt Of Imminent Attack By Russia

CNN reports: The United States has issued a new warning to the Ukrainian government that the latest intelligence points to a full-scale Russian invasion imminently, according to Ukrainian, US and Western officials familiar with the matter. The new warning was conveyed on Tuesday morning local Kyiv time, according to three of the sources. A senior Ukrainian official said Ukraine has …

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Ukraine Approves Plan To Declare State Of Emergency

The Washington Post reports: Ukraine announced plans Wednesday to declare a state of emergency, as the nation prepared to defend itself from an expected Russian invasion. The 30-day state of emergency would impose curfews and restrict mass gatherings in certain regions “if necessary” to confront increased Russian aggression, the chief of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council said. Ukrainian President …

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Carlson: Putin Isn’t The Enemy, Americans Are [VIDEO]

“Has Putin ever called me a racist? Has he threatened to get me fired for disagreeing with him? Has he shipped every middle class job in my town to Russia? “Did he manufacture a worldwide pandemic that wrecked my business and kept me indoors for two years? “Is he teaching my children to embrace racial discrimination? Is he making fentanyl? …

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Blinken Cancels Meeting With Russian Foreign Minister

Reuters reports: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he had canceled a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov planned for Thursday after Moscow’s recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent entities. Blinken said he had agreed to meet with Lavrov, his counterpart, only if Russia did not invade Ukraine. “Now that we see the …

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Alex Jones: “It’s Hard To Find Fault” With Putin [VIDEO]

“It’s so weird to tune into a world leader and hear just truths coming out. It was all true. He said I’m sorry the Russians came into Ukraine when you were born – you’re more Russian than most Russians. “We’re sorry that the communists killed you and abused you. We apologize. Communists are bad. And we want you to be …

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Trump Ecstatic Over Putin’s “Genius” Plans For Ukraine

“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius.’ Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful. “I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s the strongest peace force. We could use that …

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US Troops To Help Poland With Ukrainian Refugees

The New York Times reports: Many of the nearly 5,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division who arrived in Poland last week are working with Polish forces to set up processing centers for tens of thousands of people, including Americans, who are expected to flee neighboring Ukraine if Russia launches a full-scale invasion of the country, U.S. military officials said. …

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Candace Owens Blames US And NATO For Ukraine Crisis

Mediaite reports: Conservative commentator Candace Owens has made herself part of the Ukraine news for a second time in less than a week with her contention on Tuesday that the United States is to blame for Russia’s invasion. Putin and other members of the Russian leadership both yesterday and in recent weeks claimed the U.S. has been helping Ukraine “prepare …

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Biden: Sanctions To Target Russian Elites, Banks, Debt

The Washington Post reports: President Biden announced new sanctions on Russia on Tuesday after its moves against Ukraine, saying the actions amounted to a “flagrant violation of international law.” In imposing economic penalties on Russia, the United States joins European allies in responding to Russia’s deployment of troops into two pro-Russian separatist regions of eastern Ukraine. Biden called Russia’s actions …

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Charlie Kirk: Ukraine Voted To Be Invaded By Russia

Media Matters has the transcript: Why does Putin feel so empowered? The entire Western world is putting sanctions, right now, on Russia as they call this an invasion. There well might be. I’m not the person to determine whether or not this is an invasion or an annexation. It feels as if Putin is going into places that want him. …

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LIVE VIDEO: Biden Addresses Crisis In Ukraine

USA Today reports: President Joe Biden will address the crisis with Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon. It comes hours after the White House signaled it considers Moscow’s actions in Ukraine to be an invasion, noting a “severe response” is in the works. President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday recieved authorization from the upper chamber of parliament to use Russian troops …

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Cultist 2016 House Candidate Got Help From Russia

The Providence Journal reports: H. Russell Taub, the onetime Republican congressional candidate who was imprisoned for defrauding political donors three years ago, illegally sought help from Russian intelligence in his failed bid to unseat U.S. Rep. David Cicilline in 2016, the Federal Election Commission has found. A few months before the November 2016 general election, Taub sent a direct message …

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EU Sanctions On Russia To Target Banks, Businesses

The New York Times reports: European Union ambassadors were preparing on Tuesday to adopt an immediate set of sanctions in response to Russia’s recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine, according to two E.U. diplomats with knowledge of the talks in Brussels. The sanctions, which will target people, government and business entities in the separatist regions and in Russia, were …

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State Department Evacuates Ukraine Embassy Staffers

Bloomberg News reports: The U.S. evacuated State Department personnel and embassy operations from Ukraine to Poland on Monday, amid fears that security conditions could deteriorate following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of two separatist regions in the eastern part of the country. “For security reasons, Department of State personnel currently in Lviv will spend the night in Poland,” according to …

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Germany Moves To Halt Gas Pipeline From Russia

The Associated Press reports: Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday, as the West started taking punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Scholz told reporters in Berlin that his government was taking the measure in response to Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. The …

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Putin Orders “Peacekeeping” Troops Into Ukraine

The Washington Post reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees ordering military forces into two separatist regions of Ukraine for “peacekeeping” purposes as Moscow recognized the breakaway regions’ independence Monday. Putin signed a decree recognizing the areas — a move that Russia could use to justify an attack in those areas — and an agreement of cooperation with the heads …

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European Airlines Suspend Flights Into Ukraine

CNN Business reports: Air France and Lufthansa are the latest airlines to suspend flights into Ukraine as fears of a Russian invasion grow. The French carrier said that it would cancel flights to and from the capital Kyiv on Tuesday as a “precautionary measure,” citing the security situation. “Air France will regularly reassess the situation and reminds that the safety …

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US Plans Sanctions Against Ukraine Breakaway Regions

The Associated Press reports: The White House says President Joe Biden is ordering new sanctions after Russia moved to recognize separatist eastern Ukraine regions. The Biden administration calls Monday’s announcement by Russian President Vladimir Putin a “blatant violation of Russia’s international commitments.” The sanctions will prohibit new investment, trade and financing in the two separatist regions of Ukraine recognized by …

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Putin Claims Ukraine Was Never A Real Country, Calls It “Madness” That Nations Were Allowed To Leave USSR

From the Russia state outlet Pravda: Putin started his urgent address to the nation with an insight into the history of Ukraine and its creation. The Ukraine that we know today was created during the times of Bolshevist Russia, he said. Putin in particular said that today’s Ukraine was completely created by Lenin. Today’s Ukraine can be referred to as …

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