CNN’s Ned Price says that the US State Department is thinking about labeling Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism.” This is what the department might do.
We’re taking a very close look at the facts now. In this lesson, we’re going to study the law a lot closer. Apparently, Mr. Price thinks that the United States could name Russia. “We will use this authority, or any other authority that we have under the law if it’s effective and appropriate,” says the person.
Media reports say that Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky asked US President Joe Biden to make Russia a state.
The White House says President Joe Biden will not be going to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The White House says there aren’t plans to send a high-level US official to Kyiv any time soon.
The US had already said that it would give Ukraine an extra 800 million dollars in military aid, including heavy artillery, in anticipation of a “wider assault” by Russia in eastern Ukraine.
During a video call with US allies and partners on Tuesday, President Joe Biden will talk about how the United States will help Ukraine and how it will punish Russia.
Allies and partners will be able to talk about Ukraine and Russia’s actions in an “encrypted video call,” the White House said in a press release.
In the past, the U.S. Treasury Department said that the next phase of sanctions from the U.S. would target Russia’s military-industrial complex.