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Fuller story: https://t.co/XyIaa38MiJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Admin officials were in Caracas over the weekend for talks on this, though the discussions are still in a very early phase. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden has in recent months tasked his admin with coming up with ways to drastically reduce the world’s dependence on Russian oil and gas, which has become especially urgent since Russia's invasion. Easing sanctions on Venezuela is just one of the ideas they are exploring. — PolitiTweet.org

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Confirming NYT: Biden admin is weighing easing sanctions on Venezuela so that it can begin producing more oil & selling it on the international market. Move would be aimed at reducing global dependence on Russian oil & isolating Russia from one of its key allies in South America. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BryanCoxwell 😃😃😃😃😃 — PolitiTweet.org

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Blinken says NATO looking at more permanent deployments in the Baltics. "We're continuously reviewing within NATO our defense posture, including questions of extending the deployment of forces, looking at questions of more permanent deployments," he told reporters from Lithuania. — PolitiTweet.org

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The US and other NATO member countries have so far sent Ukraine 17,000 antitank missiles and 2,000 stinger anti-aircraft missiles, a senior US official told @jimsciutto. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ruslan, a medical worker in Ukraine who is originally from Crimea, breaks down: "My family is hiding in the basement now because of you monsters...when will it stop?" https://t.co/6r3DKEIcBY — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MFA_Ukraine: While 🇷🇺 makes the evacuation impossible, Ukrainians are continuing to be responsible for those who they love. 📍Irpin, at… — PolitiTweet.org

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“Russia is probably targeting Ukraine’s communications infrastructure in order to reduce Ukrainian citizens’ access to reliable news and information,” UK Ministry of Defense says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Russian forces have switched off some mobile networks and the internet at Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. “Reliable information from the site cannot be obtained through the normal channels of communication," IAEA said today. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lynseyaddario: WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES: Today I witnessed Russian troops deliberately targeting civilians fleeing for their lives from… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarquardtA: Eight civilians were killed during the evacuation in Irpin, the mayor Oleksandr Markushyn said. Markushyn said Russians op… — PolitiTweet.org

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Discussions also about getting some UA gov officials set up elsewhere, earlier, in case Kyiv falls and Zelensky is unwilling or unable to get out. “The Ukrainians have plans in place…to make sure that there is continuity of government one way or another,” Blinken told CBS today. — PolitiTweet.org

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US and European officials believed in the earlier days of the war that Zelensky moving to Lviv might be feasible because it was not clear whether Russia would target western Ukraine. But now they are not as sure that Russia will spare any inch of Ukrainian territory. — PolitiTweet.org

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New: Discussions between US and Europe over how to support potential Ukrainian government in exile. Options range from supporting Zelensky in potential move to Lviv to establishing gov in exile in Poland. Zelensky, though, is determined to stay in Kyiv. https://t.co/HmlitemKRF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNNSotu: CNN's @jaketapper says two decades of stern warnings and misplaced optimism in the US paved the way for Russian President Vlad… — PolitiTweet.org

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Blinken will then meet with Macron in Paris on Tuesday, @StateDeptSpox says. Meeting was just added to schedule. — PolitiTweet.org

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Secretary Blinken will meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday evening in Riga, Latvia, per @StateDeptSpox — PolitiTweet.org

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The Polish Border Patrol have said that nearly one million people have been cleared to cross over the Polish border from Ukraine since Russia’s invasion into Ukraine began. “Already 964,000 people fleeing from Ukraine to Poland have been cleared at border crossings," they said. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KevinRothrock: “I survived the Leningrad Siege! My father died at the front […] What do you want from me?” says an elderly woman in Kal… — PolitiTweet.org

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Secretary Blinken to @jaketapper on banning Russian oil: “I was on the phone yesterday with the president and other members of the cabinet on exactly this subject, and we are now talking to our European allies to look at a coordinated way at...banning the import of Russian oil." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @arappeport: At one point during his emotional presentation, Zelensky paused to ask one of the American lawmakers to mute themselves. “S… — PolitiTweet.org

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Irpin is just northwest of Kyiv, roughly ~30km away: — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MarquardtA: We’re a fair distance south of Irpin but have heard some of the heaviest bombardment yet coming from up that way. Long barr… — PolitiTweet.org

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Blinken during press conference this morning with Moldovan President Maia Sandu confirmed that the US is "looking actively" at the question of Poland providing fighter jets to Ukraine, and how the US "should be able to backfill should Poland provide those planes." — PolitiTweet.org

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“The scale and strength of Ukrainian resistance continues to surprise Russia,” says UK MoD. “It has responded by targeting populated areas in multiple locations, including Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol. This is likely to represent an effort to break Ukrainian morale.” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Ash_Stewart_: Here's Anastasiia's full story. Please read it: https://t.co/U8qfON6q9z — PolitiTweet.org

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State Department says in new travel advisory that "U.S. citizens should depart Russia immediately." Adds that "U.S. citizens should note that some credit and debit cards may be declined as a result of sanctions imposed on Russian banks." https://t.co/pYoEtvQspv — PolitiTweet.org