Dwell updates: Russia invades Ukraine

White Home press secretary Jen Psaki stated Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert are a part of a wider sample of unprovoked escalation and “manufactured threats” from the Kremlin. 

She added: “That is all a sample from President Putin and we’ll get up for it, we’ve the flexibility to defend ourselves, however we additionally have to name out what we’re seeing right here from President Putin.”

When requested about additional army support or sanctions, Psaki stated that the US is ready to ship extra humanitarian, financial and defensive army provides, noting the administration’s most up-to-date bulletins of support for the reason that battle began. 

“I might word that the sanctions that we introduced yesterday put Russia on par with Iran, reducing them off from a banking system with the worldwide neighborhood,” Psaki stated. 

Pressed on if the US would take extra fast motion in opposition to the Russian vitality sector, Psaki stated that every thing is “on the desk,” and added that the Administration believes the present battle illustrates that the US ought to bolster its home provide of vitality and diversify past oil and fuel.  

Psaki added that the US stays in shut contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and praised him for his management over the course of the primary few days of the present battle. 

“He’s standing up courageously in opposition to the invasion of President Putin and Russian management,” Psaki stated. “We’ll stay in shut contact with him.”