AP News: "Fighting on [Kyiv's] outskirts suggested that small Russian units were trying to clear a path for the main forces." ...
Polling "shows Americans rallying around the flag, but not the president. Majorities support sanctions/see Russia as an enemy, but Biden approval on handling of Russia invasion underwater," said Cook Political's Amy Walter....
"Thousands of Ukrainians have lined up to fight after Zelensky declared a general mobilisation and called on citizens to protect their country."...
With world media focused on Putin's aggression against Ukraine, China launches incursion into Taiwan airspace. ...
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In July 2021, Biden gave Merkel green light on Russian pipeline, reversing Trump admin policy...
UK government warns Russia planning coup to install pro-Moscow government in Ukraine. ...
The maneuvers coincides with the Russian buildup along the Ukraine border. ...
Two days after President Biden declared that people who opposed him on abolishing the filibuster and/or federalizing elections were racists, Senate Democrats blocked Sen. Ted Cruz's sanctions bill against Nord Stream 2 by using the filibuster....
The Roll back demanded by Russia would leave Poland, Baltic states without NATO protection....
Moscow deploys some 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border....
"Biden administration says military offensive would include an estimated 175,000 troops."...
South China Morning Post: Beijing and Moscow "signed a road map for closer military cooperation over the next five years."...
AP: "EU officials have accused Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko of using the migrants as pawns in a 'hybrid attack' to retaliate for sanctions imposed on his authoritarian regime for a harsh internal crackdown on dissent."...
Sen. John Barrasso: Biden paving "the way for Russia and Germany to complete this pipeline puts a stranglehold on Europe."...
Biden feels 'good' about the US' ability to respond to attacks....
