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Economic Times | 06 Mar, 2022 | 07.02AM IST
Russia Ukraine News LIVE Updates: Joe Biden speaks with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, says White House
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday, the White House said. The call lasted for about 30 minutes, the White House added. On the other hand, Zelenskyy said that he and Biden discussed security, financial support for Ukraine and the continuation of sanctions against Russia. "As part of the constant dialogue, I had another conversation with the President," Zelenskiy wrote on Twitter.
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Biden, in call with Zelenskiy, welcomes Visa, Mastercard decisions on Russia
- U.S. President Joe Biden, in a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, welcomed decisions by Visa and Mastercard to suspend their operations in Russia, the White House said on Saturday. "President Biden noted his administration is surging security, humanitarian, and economic assistance to Ukraine and is working closely with Congress to secure additional funding," a White House readout of the call added.
Russian plane lands in US to remove diplomats expelled for alleged espionage
- A Russian plane landed at Washington's international airport Saturday to pick up about a dozen diplomats from Moscow's UN mission who are accused by Washington of espionage, authorities said.The United States closed its airspace to all Russian aircraft after Moscow invaded Ukraine.The Ilyushin Il-96 aircraft was allowed, however, to land at Dulles International Airport. The landing was confirmed by the FlightAware website, which tracks all air movement.
Zelenskyy's 'desperate' plea to Congress: Send more planes
- Fighting for his country's survival, Ukraine's leader made a ``desperate'' plea Saturday to American lawmakers for the United States to help get more warplanes to his military and cut off Russian oil imports as Kyiv tries to stave off the Russian invasion.President Volodymyr Zelenskyy opened the private video call with U.S. lawmakers by telling them this may be the last time they see him alive. He has remained in Kyiv, the capital, which has a vast Russian armored column threatening from the north.
UK PM to launch Ukraine 'plan of action' so Putin fails
- British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to launch an international "plan of action" to ensure Russia's invasion of Ukraine fails, including a flurry of diplomatic meetings next week, his office said on Saturday.Johnson will seek to rally the international community to make a "renewed and concerted effort" to end Moscow's devastating war, and launch a six-point plan of action that he will detail on Sunday."In the days since Russia invaded Ukraine we have seen an unprecedented wave of international condemnation from across the globe," Downing Street said.
Ukrainian negotiator says Russia realizing 'real cost of war'
- Talks with Russia are beginning to be "constructive," a Ukrainian negotiator said Saturday, describing what he perceived as an apparent shift in Moscow's attitude towards Ukrainian resistance and biting international sanctions.Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said he had noted a change in Russia's approach as it realized "the real price of war.""At the very start of the war, they were insisting on total domination. They weren't expecting that Ukraine would deliver such severe resistance," Podolyak said in an interview with the Canadian daily The Globe and Mail, in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv.
Visa, Mastercard suspend operations in Russia: Statements
- Card payment giants Visa and Mastercard announced Saturday they will suspend operations in Russia, the latest major US firms to join the business freeze-out of Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.Mastercard said that "noting the unprecedented nature of the current conflict and the uncertain economic environment," it had "decided to suspend our network services in Russia."Visa, for its part, said that "effective immediately" it would "work with its clients and partners within Russia to cease all Visa transactions over the coming days."
White House condemns new Russian media law
- The United States on Saturday condemned a new law in Russia that threatens jail terms of up to 15 years for spreading what the Kremlin calls "fake news," and urged continued action across sectors to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms."We condemn the move by the Russian Federation Council to approve a law threatening prison sentences of up to 15 years for journalists," White House National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement.
