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President Joe Biden met President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday, reiterating US support for Ukraine and announcing new military assistance and sanctions against Russia. The highly secretive visit – which took place as air raid sirens could be heard ringing out around Kyiv – comes at a critical moment in the 12-month conflict, with Russia preparing for an expected spring offensive and Ukraine hoping to soon retake territory. In his state of the nation speech today, Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down on his war in Ukraine and sought to blame the West for the conflict. “They are not going to stop. The threat continues every day,” Putin said, while rolling out a familiar list of justifications for his unprovoked invasion. Putin also said Russia is suspending its participation in the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty. Under the key nuclear arms control treaty, both the US and Russia are permitted to conduct inspections of each other’s weapons sites, but inspections have been halted since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
A major winter storm is set to impact millions across the US this week with heavy snow, dangerous winds, possible blizzard conditions and for some, the coldest temperatures of the season. Snow and rain are already falling across the Pacific Northwest, adding to the region’s already blockbuster snow season. Later today, the storm will expand into California and the Great Basin, which…
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