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3:40 PM ET, February 24, 2022

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NBC News:
Biden has been presented with options for massive cyberattacks against Russia  —  Biden given Russia cyberattack options, including internet and transportation interruptions  —  President Joe Biden has been presented with a menu of options for the U.S. to carry out massive cyberattacks designed …
Discussion: The Hill and Изв …
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Washington Post:
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia launches attacks across Ukraine; Biden vows ‘consequences’  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared martial law as explosions were heard throughout the country and Russian forces targeted the capital.
Financial Times:
World leaders divided on whether to eject Russia from Swift payment system  —  Boris Johnson pushes ‘very hard’ for move while Germany warns against ahead of emergency EU meeting  —  Western leaders are split on whether Russia should be ejected from the Swift international payments system …
New York Times:
Ukraine Says Russian Forces Seized Chernobyl; Pentagon Gives Grim Assessment  —  Biden announces new sanctions: Putin and Russia ‘will bear the consequences’ of their war.  —  WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday said the United States is imposing what he said would be crushing sanctions …
The White House:
Statement by President Biden on Russia's Unprovoked and Unjustified Attack on Ukraine  —  The prayers of the entire world are with the people of Ukraine tonight as they suffer an unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces.  President Putin has chosen a premeditated war …
Associated Press:
The Latest: UN chief warns Russian actions could devastate  —  The latest on the Russia-Ukraine crisis:  —  ___  —  UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Russia's attack on Ukraine — as he appealed for President Vladimir Putin to stop his troops — was “the saddest moment” of his five-year tenure.
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Attacks Ukraine, Drawing Broad Condemnation  —  Missiles and airstrikes hit Kyiv and several other cities in Ukraine, in what President Biden calls an unprovoked attack, pledging further action against Moscow  —  KYIV, Ukraine—Russian armored columns pushed into Ukraine and airstrikes hit …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump immediately botches what's happening in Ukraine  —  If there's one thing Donald Trump and his allies want you to know about what's happening in Ukraine right now, it's that it wouldn't be happening if he were still in charge.  —  If only he actually knew what was happening.
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Sanctions Are Not Enough  —  Column: America needs energy independence and a much larger military to deter Putin  —  Ever since last year, when Vladimir Putin began preparing for an invasion of Ukraine, President Biden has tried to deter him.  Biden tried to reason with the Russian autocrat.
Discussion: Mic, Townhall, Politico and Insider
Bloomberg:
U.S. Spies Made Right Call on Russia Invasion, Buying Biden Time
Discussion: Blogs of War
Financial Times:   Former European leaders resign from Russian corporate boards
Associated Press:
Live updates: Ukraine leader: Russians checked outside Kyiv
Michael Pompeo / Fox News:
Putin wants to bring back the Soviet Union. We must not allow that to happen
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russia has ‘every intention of basically decapitating’ Ukrainian government
Discussion: Politico and Insider
Politico:
Battles flare across Ukraine after Putin declares war
Invitation / The Economist:
Dmitri Alperovitch on the risks of escalation
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Wall Street Journal:
How Ukraine Was Betrayed in Budapest
Tyler Olson / Fox News:
McCarthy, Schumer and other top congressional leaders condemn Russian war on Ukraine: ‘Reckless and evil’
Discussion: Politico
Joe Tidy / BBC:
Cyber-attacks bring down many Ukraine websites
Reuters:
Russia invades Ukraine in Europe's ‘darkest hours’ since WWII
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Now is the time to remember what Fox's own lawyers said about Tucker Carlson … As Russia prepared to invade Ukraine, the biggest star on Fox News was busy doing what he does best: being thoroughly and appallingly wrong.  —  He defended the murderous instigator Vladimir Putin …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Biden faces another global crisis. This one resonates differently at home.
The White House:
FACT SHEET: Joined by Allies and Partners, the United States Imposes Devastating Costs on Russia  —  Russia to Face Massive Costs from its Isolation from the Global Financial and Trade System and Cutting-Edge Technology  —  Today, the United States, along with Allies and partners …
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
U.S. Treasury Announces Unprecedented & Expansive Sanctions Against Russia, Imposing Swift and Severe Economic Costs  —  United States Acts in Tandem with Partners and Allies to Maximize Consequences for Russia, and in Show of Unity Against Invasion of a Sovereign State
Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
SEC Probes Trading by Elon Musk and Brother in Wake of Tesla CEO's Sales  —  Investigation looks partly at Kimbal Musk's trades before brother's pledge to sell based on Twitter poll  —  WASHINGTON—The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether recent stock sales …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
Russians Now See a New Side to Putin: Dragging Them Into War  —  The autocrat who has steered Russia for 22 years was embraced by many Russians for what they saw as his rationality and astute risk management.  That image has been upended.  —  MOSCOW — Russians thought they knew their president.
Wall Street Journal:
Jared Kushner's New Fund Looks to Profit From His Middle East Diplomacy  —  One pitch to a bank included slide listing Abraham Accords, Israeli-Palestinian peace initiative and trade deals involving North America and China  —  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia— Jared Kushner has toured Persian Gulf monarchies …
Discussion: Political Wire
Monique Beals / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘Ratchet the sanctions all the way up’  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that President Biden should increase sanctions against Russia “all the way up” after Moscow began a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.  —  “Ratchet the sanctions all the way up.
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
A Loss of Prosecutors Isn't Necessarily a Win for Trump  —  Every investigation of Donald Trump, during and after his presidency, has been freighted with emotion and politics, from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe and two impeachments to ongoing civil and criminal actions in multiple jurisdictions.
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
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Ben Blanchard / Washington Free Beacon:
Chinese Aircraft Move Into Taiwan's Air Defense Zone  —  TAIPEI (Reuters)—Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Thursday to warn away nine Chinese aircraft that entered its air defense zone, Taiwan's defense ministry said, on the same day that Russia invaded Ukraine, a crisis being watched closely in Taipei.
 
 
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