Lesley Stahl: Is there a fear that this thing is widening beyond what's going on around your border?
Dmytro Kuleba: This thing has been wide from the very beginning. It's not only about Ukraine. It's a global-- it's about a global struggle between democracies and authoritarian regimes, between those who want to play by the rules and those who want to rewrite rules in their favor.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told Lesley Stahl Ukraine is not willing to abandon its goal of entering NATO to please Russian President Vladimir Putin and that he still sees “room for diplomacy.” *****hqlcp4iQ5h pic.twitter.com/8CxR9PqvV1
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) February 21, 2022
I applaud the Biden Administration and Intel Community for their willingness to declassify, in real time, our collection... from Moscow, to the ground in Dombass.
— William Evanina (@BillEvanina) February 21, 2022
President Biden’s steadfast broadcasting of Putin’s every move might be one of the savviest war-avoidance moves made by a president in a generation.
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) February 20, 2022
“And currently, Russia appears to be continuing preparations for a full-scale assault on Ukraine very soon,” Psaki says.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 21, 2022
Clarifying: The French say Macron spoke with Biden and Putin separately today, not a joint call. Macron proposed a summit between Biden-Putin, which the French say the two agreed to “in principle.” “It can only be held if Russia does not invade Ukraine,” French readout says.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 21, 2022
#UPDATE Kremlin says it is too early to organise summit between Putin and Biden, after Paris announced the possibility of a meeting to calm tensions over Ukraine.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 21, 2022
"It's premature to talk about any specific plans for organising any kind of summits," Kremlin spokesman Peskov says pic.twitter.com/X1JN7d2ZiR
I will repeat this every day until tensions ease:
— Aaron Parnas (@AaronParnas) February 20, 2022
The United States is not starting war. Ukraine is not starting war.
Russia is starting war.
This is horrifying: “American officials who have had access to some of the Russian planning…say that it calls for overwhelmingly intense fire. ‘We were told to expect tens of thousands of casualties in the opening days,’”*****rK1uwC5O9k
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 21, 2022
SCOOP: U.S. says Russia is compiling a list of Ukrainians “to be killed or sent to camps” following a military occupation. The allegation is in letter to the UN sent Sunday and obtained by ?@washingtonpost?. My latest with ?@missy_ryan? 1/ *****kSJyCNvFcy
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) February 21, 2022
#Now: Ukrainian expats are rallying at D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial in solidarity with families and friends back home, amid the looming threat of a new Russian invasion. Europe is on the brink of its worst war in decades — and they say Biden needs a stronger stance in deterring Putin. pic.twitter.com/9z8vXLVPN9
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) February 20, 2022