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Press secretary Jen Psaki said the White House is outraged over reports from Ukrainian officials that staff at the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine have been taken hostage by Russian troops.Russian forces took over the remnants of Chernobyl earlier on Thursday during the country’s invasion of Ukraine. The move indicated Russia is likely to assault…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A picture illustration of euro banknotes, April 25, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will dominate EU finance ministers’ planned talks on Friday, officials said, as the EU weighs how much the war on its eastern borders will hit the economy of the 27-nation bloc this…

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech announcing a military operation in Ukraine that countries that interfere with Russian actions will face “consequences you have never seen,” The Associated Press reported. Russia almost immediately launched an invasion into the country.Putin says the operation is to protect citizens from Ukraine aggression and to demilitarize the…

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday revealed a few details about the letter President Donald Trump left in the Oval Office for his successor, Joe Biden.“It was long; it was very long,” she said during a recent appearance on “West Wing” actor Rob Lowe’s podcast. “The script, from where I could see, was…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A journalist reports on the ongoing situation in Ukraine as U.S. President Joe Biden meets with his national security team at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2022. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Daphne Psaledakis and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO – U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on his administration’s efforts to pursue deterrence and diplomacy in response to Russia’s military buildup on the border of Ukraine, from the White House in Washington, U.S., February 18, 2022. RE 2/2 By Ernest Scheyder and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President…

The Kremlin admitted that a dramatic Security Council meeting on Ukraine was recorded in advance after people realized a minister’s watch showed the wrong time.Amid rising tensions with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin convened an unscheduled meeting with his country’s top security officials at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on Monday.The meeting was broadcast…

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö said Sunday that he’s recently seen changes in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior, saying that he now sounds more “decisive” than in the past.Niinistö, who has been in close contact with Putin, recalled an exchange the two shared on the phone. During one of the regular calls, Niinistö said he pushed…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2022. Graeme Jennings/Pool via REUTERS (Reuters) – Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell will testify before Congress on March 2 and 3 in…

President Joe Biden said Friday the U.S. has “reason to believe” Russian forces are planning “to attack Ukraine” in the coming days, including the capital, Kyiv. To Russian President Vladimir Putin, Biden said Moscow can still choose diplomacy. (Feb. 19)