US President Joe Biden, in a national address on Tuesday, called the latest steps by Russia to recognize the independence of breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine, as well as to move troops into the area, the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Biden\u2019s speech comes amid calls by Lawmakers across the political spectrum to impose crushing new sanctions against Russia after President Vladmir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine.
Some of Biden\u2019s Democratic allies in Congress pressed him to be clearer about America\u2019s response, including advocating that he call Putin\u2019s military actions an unequivocal “invasion” of a sovereign U.S. ally.
\u201cIf you know the history of aggressive dictators, you know it\u2019s critical not to lose clarity. Putin is invading Ukraine. Full stop. He\u2019s done it before, and he will do it again if \u2026 we don\u2019t impose full sanctions,\u201d Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., a member of the House Intelligence Committee, tweeted Tuesday.
Himes argued Putin benefits from rhetorical division about whether his ordering of troops into the eastern part of Ukraine qualified as an invasion.
The moment for bipartisanship may be short \u2014 giving lawmakers only days or weeks to formulate a legislative response before retreating into their partisan corners and lobbing criticism instead of cooperation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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