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There were calls heard around the world this weekend for Russia to end its attack on Ukraine which has been going on now for five days since it violated international law and Ukraine’s sovereignty by crossing the border into that country with troops and weapons.
The United States, NATO, and the UN have condemned the sending of Russian troops across the border into Ukraine last night and this morning and have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt his country’s military action and return to diplomacy .
The big news regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict over the President’s Day holiday was that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered troops to enter two separatist regions of Ukraine for “peacekeeping” purposes.
The United States and major European countries have announced economic sanctions on Russia for what President Joe Biden is describing now as “the beginning of an invasion of Ukraine.
After U.S. credibility was strained again Thursday by yet another declaration coming from President Joe Biden that he expects a Russian invasion of Ukraine in the next few days, Secretary of State Antony Blinken rushed to the U.N.