U.S. and Other Nations Blast Russian Move at Emergency U.N. Meeting  —  The U.S. and E.U. said they would begin imposing limited sanctions.  The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting.  —  RIGHT NOW U.S. and others blast Russia at emergency U.N. Security Council meeting.

EU, UK leaders vow sanctions over Putin's recognition of breakaway Ukraine regions  —  Leaders from the European Union and the United Kingdom vowed Monday to impose sanctions over Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to recognize two separatist regions in eastern Ukraine as independent.

Executive Order on Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Continued Russian Efforts to Undermine the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine … By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States …

Putin Chooses a Forever War  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a long speech full of heavy sighs and dark grievances, made clear today that he has chosen war.  He went to war against Ukraine in 2014; now he has declared war against the international order of the past 30 years.

Surprising cracks, if small ones, appear in Kremlin support for Putin on Ukraine  —  President Vladimir Putin presented a theatrical justification for war with Ukraine on Monday, but initial Russian military actions along the border were limited — and there seemed to be a few small cracks …

What we can expect after Putin's conquest of Ukraine  —  Let's assume for a moment that Vladimir Putin succeeds in gaining full control of Ukraine, as he shows every intention of doing.  What are the strategic and geopolitical consequences?  —  The first will be a new front line of conflict in Central Europe.

Putin moves in eastern Ukraine could be opening phase of possible large-scale invasion, multiple US and western officials say  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin's move to recognize breakaway eastern Ukrainian territories as independent could be the opening phase of a larger potential military …

The West has a ‘united’ but failing Ukraine strategy  —  The United States and its European allies just spent three days celebrating their unity in opposing Russia's presumptive invasion of Ukraine — and promising to punish Moscow after an attack.  But that unity comes as little comfort to the Ukrainians, who are bracing for war.

Canadian truckers' COVID ‘freedom’ fight is absurd next to Ukraine's struggle with Russia  —  Canadian truckers are fighting for the right to shun a lifesaving vaccine while Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. … There's nothing like a real crisis to expose the folly of one that's fake …