Lu's remarks came as India drew criticism from US lawmakers, both Republicans and Democrats, at a hearing on the "US relationship with India" for being among 35 nations that abstained Wednesday from a UN vote to rebuke Russia's invasion.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the suspension of operations at the Minsk embassy and the authorized departure from Moscow in a statement on Monday.
In a video that went viral on social media, the Ukrainian guards and Russian forces engaged in an exchange. After the exchange, all 13 guards of the Ukrainian island were killed.
An Indian student stuck in Ukraine said that the embassies are not picking up their calls, as they are flooded with cries for help. Many Indians were seen outside the embassies earlier. She, however, is sure that the Government of India will help evacuate them.
It’s a far different trajectory than he imagined when his administration began last year with the goals of countering China’s growing influence in the world and reinvesting at home as the United States tried to turn the page on a deadly pandemic.
The sanctions target Russian banks, oligarchs and high-tech sectors, Biden said. The United States and its allies will block assets of four large Russian banks, impose export controls and sanction oligarchs.
An unidentified projectile fired from Ukraine completely destroyed a border facility used by the FSB border guard service in the Rostov region around 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border, said Russian officials.
In a rapid-fire round of US talk shows, Secretary of State Antony Blinken had told CNN "everything we're seeing suggests that this is dead serious, that we are on the brink of an invasion".
Dutch airline KLM has canceled flights to Ukraine until further notice, the company said. The Ukrainian charter airline SkyUp said Sunday that its flight from Madeira, Portugal, to Kyiv was diverted to the Moldovan capital Chisinau after the plane's Irish lessor said it was banning flights in Ukrainian airspace.
US Prez Joe Biden made clear his stance over the ongoing tension between Ukraine and Russia and said that if Moscow undertook a further invasion of Kiev, Washington along with its allies will respond "decisively" and impose swift and severe costs on the country, according to a White House statement.
A Russian summary of the call suggested that little progress was made toward cooling down the tensions.
The Biden administration's response took a particularly caustic turn as spokespeople suggested that reporters were buying into foreign propaganda by even asking such questions.
The leaders discussed coordinated diplomatic efforts on European security, underscoring the principle of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine,” the White House said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Thursday that there would be a “swift, severe” response from the United States and its allies if Russia sends military forces into Ukraine.
The White House said that to ensure broad access for all Americans, there will be three masks available per person.
Biden’s criticism was blistering of the defeated president whom he blamed for the attack that has fundamentally changed Congress and the nation, and raised global concerns about the future of American democracy.
But with less than 2 weeks to go before senior US, Russian officials are to meet in Geneva, the chasm is deep and prospect of finding an exit to crisis faces no shortage of complications.
The 2 leaders spoke frankly for nearly an hour amid growing alarm over Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine, a crisis that has deepened as Kremlin has stiffened its insistence on border security guarantees and test-fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands.
"In light of these changed circumstances, and based on recommendation of CDC, I have determined that it's in the interests of US to revoke Proclamation 10315," said President Biden.
With tens of thousands of Russian troops massed on Ukraine border, the highly anticipated call between 2 leaders came amid growing worries by US and Western allies about Russia’s threat to its neighbor.
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