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2022-02-25 01:01:50 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to provide Ukraine with $600 million in lethal defense weapons Open / Comment

2022-02-25 00:03:21 Foreign Office claims the UK will not rest until the Russian economy is destroyed Open / Comment

2022-02-24 23:58:43 Canada has issued a ban on flights in the airspace of Ukraine and surrounding areas in light of Russia's special operation, Transport Canada said on Thursday Open / Comment

2022-02-24 23:39:15 Russian President Putin has briefed his French counterpart Macron, providing comprehensive reasoning behind the military operation in Ukraine

"During a phone conversation requested by the French side, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron had a serious and frank exchange of views on the situation around Ukraine," the Kremlin said in a statement. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 23:28:40 WATCH: President Joe Biden said on Thursday that there is a "complete rupture" right now in US-Russian relations Open / Comment

2022-02-24 23:19:40 This Texas primary race is off the rails.

A woman running for railroad commissioner in the Lone Star State has raised eyebrows over her racy campaign video — in which she straddles an oil pump wearing little more than a cowboy hat and boots.

“They said I needed money. I have other assets,” GOP lawyer Sarah Stogner, 37, said in a tweet of the campaign clip posted to TikTok.

Stogner, who posted the steamy video on Super Bowl Sunday, said it was shot in November by a documentary crew she hired for her campaign against incumbent Wayne Christian, the Houston Chronicle reported.

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2022-02-24 23:07:37 State Department has confirmed to Sputnik that the US is expelling Russia's minister counselor Open / Comment

2022-02-24 22:58:34 The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Thursday it expanded the area in Eastern Europe and Russia where American airlines and pilots cannot operate. These restrictions do not apply to military operations. Open / Comment

2022-02-24 22:56:57 Biden on new sanctions on Russia over its military operation in Ukraine:

Sanctions will limit Russia’s ability to do business in dollars, euros and yen

"degrade" its aerospace industry, reduce its ability to build ships and compete economically

“stop” the ability to finance and grow the Russian military

maximize long-term impact on Russia while minimizing the effect on America and its allies

target four more major Russian banks, including second-largest bank VTB

SWIFT cutoff is “always an option,” but right now is not the position that Europe wishes to take Open / Comment

2022-02-24 22:34:30 Biden claims Putin wants to go beyond Ukraine, "reestablish the former Soviet Union"

"Yes, "Biden said during a press briefing when asked if he thinks Putin will go beyond Ukraine. "He has much larger ambitions in Ukraine. He wants to in fact to reestablish the former Soviet Union. That's what this is about and I think that his ambitions are completely contrary to the place where the rest of the world has arrived." Open / Comment