6:15 AM: The Kremlin has warned Americans that they will face financial hardships as a result of the sanctions America has placed on Russia. President Joe Biden warned of higher fuel prices and that businesses have been warned to guard themselves from possible cyber attacks.
7:11 AM: The Ukraine National Security Council has declared a state of emergency and has begun to call up reservists and called on its citizens it immediately leave Russia because they might get injured if they go to war.
7:48 AM: Warnings of pro-Russian traitors and moles within Ukrainian security forces could undermine Kyiv’s ability to command its forces.
10:43 AM: The European Union are targeting members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including Russian Defense Sergei Shoigu and Putin’s Chief of Staff Anton Vaino. and key Russian media figures with sanctions according to files seen by the New York Times.
12:41 PM: The Biden administration has imposed sanctions on the construction company that was building the Russian/ German pipeline, Nord Stream 2.
1:38 PM: The United States defense department stated that President Putin has all the forces in place to invade the Ukraine with a large scale force at any hour. They said that they have enough infantry artillery, cruise & ballistic missiles, and 2 dozen warships in the Black Sea in place.
7:05 PM: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a speech appealing to the Russian people to hoperfully avoid war. Zelensky insisted that the Ukraine had no grievance with Russia and means no harm to its people.
RUSSIA INVADES THE UKRAINE (see other report)
10:40 PM: President Joe Biden said that the world will Russia accountable for its invasion of Ukraine that will cause a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering with its unprovoked attack. He also said that Ukraine’s capital was hit with cruise missiles.