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4:10 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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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
The Latest: UN chief warns Russian actions could devastate
Associated Press:
Live updates: Ukraine leader: Russians checked outside Kyiv
Politico:
Battles flare across Ukraine after Putin declares war
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
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.
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Michael Pompeo / Fox News:
Putin wants to bring back the Soviet Union.  We must not allow that to happen  —  It is not Vladimir Putin who has changed, it's American leadership that's changed  —  Mike Pompeo: Vladimir Putin didn't change, American leadership changed  —  Days ago, Vladimir Putin did what we all have known …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Raw Story and RedState
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
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Russia has ‘every intention of basically decapitating’ Ukrainian government
Discussion: Politico
Invitation / The Economist:
Dmitri Alperovitch on the risks of escalation
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Wall Street Journal:
How Ukraine Was Betrayed in Budapest
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.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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 …
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
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.
Craig Monger / 1819news:
Tuberville reflects on first year in office, addresses situation with Russia … Your browser does not support the audio element.  —  This week, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville spoke to the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce to give essential updates from Washington D.C.
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
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: Raw Story and Political Wire
Matthew Lee / Washington Post:
US expels Russia's No. 2 diplomat at Washington embassy  —  WASHINGTON — The United States has expelled Russia's second-ranking diplomat in Washington in retaliation for the Russian expulsion of the No. 2 U.S. diplomat in Moscow earlier this month, a senior State Department official said Thursday.
 
 
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
Trudeau's Canadian Fascism Is a Bigger Threat to America Than Putin
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