UKRAINE-RUSSIA LATEST: 🔷 U.S. to provide Ukraine new $350M military aid package 🔷 Over 150,000 have crossed from Ukraine to neighboring countries 🔷 Russians frustrated by lack of momentum: U.S. official
President Joe Biden responded to former President Donald Trump's comments this week that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine are “genius."
"Putin is now saying, 'It’s independent,' a large section of Ukraine. I said, 'How smart is that?' And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s strongest peace force … We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen," Trump said on the conservative talk radio program"The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show."Biden in the interview defended his sanctions on Russia as “nothing like” what the U.S.
“Russia will pay a serious price for this short term and long term, particularly long term," Biden said. It's not clear how the equipment will be provided to the Ukrainian military. The U.S. official said they can't speak to logistics or timing, but said,"Time is clearly of the essence, so we expect deliveries to start very soon."-ABC News' Luis Martinez, Conor FinneganEmail this article
For those still in Ukraine, a stricter curfew has been enacted in Kyiv, instructing residents to stay home from 5 p.m. Saturday until 8 a.m. Monday.The Russians have launched more than 250 missiles, mostly short-range ballistic type, a senior defense official told reporters Saturday. "We have indications that the Russians are increasingly frustrated by their lack of momentum over the last 24 hours, particularly in the north parts of Ukraine," the official said."We continue to see indications of viable Ukrainian resistance."Ukrainian soldiers take positions outside a military facility after an explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022.
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