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Pres Biden: "He directly attacked Ukraine's right to exist. He indirectly threatened territory, formerly held by Russia, including nations that today are thriving democracies and members of NATO, explicitly threatened war unless his extreme demands were met." — PolitiTweet.org

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Pres. Biden:"I'm going to take robust action to make sure the pain of our sanctions is targeted at a Russian economy, not ours. We're closely monitoring energy supplies for any disruption. we're executing the plan in coordination with major oil producing consumers and producers" — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden: "He setting up a rationale to take more territory by force, in my view. ... he's setting up a rationale to go much further. This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine" — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden: "Defending freedom will have costs...we have to be honest about that" — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden: "you don't need blood unless you plan on starting a war" referring to Russia moving medical supplies closer to border. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden: US will send additional American forces and equipment to reinforce Baltic allies in Europe. https://t.co/jQeWQRkowE — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden "today I am announcing the first tranche of sanctions ..." and he says they will escalate as Russia escalates its invasion. https://t.co/52sw0UsaWH — PolitiTweet.org

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Media waiting in the East Room for the president. https://t.co/b2SbeRSwu5 — PolitiTweet.org

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And sliding later now. 2pm or beyond. Will update. — PolitiTweet.org

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Congratulations to our @WHCA board member colleague and friend on this exciting new role. — PolitiTweet.org

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Time change: White House moving these remarks up to 1pm now. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: President Biden will provide an update on Russia and Ukraine at 2pm. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW from WH tonight: President Biden accepted in principle a meeting with President Putin ...if an invasion hasn’t happened. https://t.co/vgOHw93wdq — PolitiTweet.org

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And this one was brief. The Macron ended at 4:02pm — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden began a call with French president @EmmanuelMacron at 3:47pm EST. — PolitiTweet.org

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And now the White House says the president will remain in Washington tonight. He had what they called a family related reason for planning to go but will not make the trip. However, a number of media and perhaps staff assigned to cover it had already left for Delaware. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden is changing his weekend plans. He is heading to Delaware later this afternoon and will remain through Presidents' Day. — PolitiTweet.org

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Spending the long holiday weekend at the White House, President Biden will convene a National Security Council meeting Sunday on Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS PUTIN READY TO INVADE: "As of this moment, I am convinced he has made the decision. We have reason to believe that." Asked to clarify, the president affirmed that yes he believes Putin made decision but President adds diplomacy is open until Putin acts. — PolitiTweet.org

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PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYS PUTIN READY TO INVADE: "As of this moment, I am convinced he has made the decision. We have reason to believe that." Asked to clarify, the president affirmed that he is what he means and diplomacy remains open until Putin acts. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden now: TakiNG questions: BIDEN SAYS HE BELIEVES PUTIN HAS MADE HIS DECISION ON WHETHER TO INVADE. (that is new) — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden now: Russia can still choose diplomacy. It is not too late to deescalate. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden now: We have reason to believe Russian forces will attack in the coming days..specifically the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden now: Russia state media continues to make phony allegations to set up a false justification to attack Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden now: "Unity, determination and resolve" among allies against any further Russian aggression toward Ukraine — PolitiTweet.org

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In new letter from the Archivist of the US to Congressional Committee Chair about government records recovered from Trump residence/office at Mar-A-Lago, there were items deemed classified and because of that, the Department of Justice has been notified. — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: WH says "this recent spate of cyber attacks in Ukraine are consistent with what a Russian effort could look like and ... possibly accompanying a potential further invasion of Ukraine sovereign territory " https://t.co/PgnbOUQAa7 — PolitiTweet.org

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State Dept says @SecBlinken and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agree to meet in Europe next week. US accepting Russia's proposed dates on condition of no military action against Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden will host a call Friday about the Ukraine crisis with leaders of Canada, France, UK, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, the European Union and NATO. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuliePace: BEIJING (AP) — The gold medalist said she felt empty. The silver medalist pledged never to skate again. The favorite left in… — PolitiTweet.org