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G7 Leaders Condemn Putin For 'Re-Introducing War' To Europe

 

Daily Mail: Biden joins G7 leaders condemning Putin for 're-introducing war' to Europe and being on the 'wrong side of history' after emergency Situation Room meeting with his National Security Council 

* Biden and G7 leaders condemned Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine 

* Said he has 're-introduced war to the European continent' and put himself on the 'wrong side of history' 

* Biden convened an emergency meeting in the Situation Room during Putin's all-out invasion of Ukraine 

* Biden spoke with his National Security Council before meeting virtually with the G7 leaders amid the bloodshed 

* The White House decided their next steps as Russian helicopters swooped over Kiev and tanks rolled in 

* The virtual, closed-door meeting of G7 leaders - Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States - lasted 1 hour 10 minutes 

* Biden will address nation at 1:30PM on Thursday as Western leaders announce more sanctions on Russia 

President Joe Biden joined leaders of the G7 on Thursday in condemning Vladimir Putin for his invasion of the Ukraine, saying the Russian president 're-introduced war to the European continent.'

'He has put himself on the wrong side of history,' the G7 leaders said of Putin after their Thursday morning meeting. 

The seven industrialized nations vowed to bring 'severe and coordinated economic and financial sanctions.' 

The White House has not ruled out sanctioning Putin himself.  

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Update #1: Biden Says G7 Leaders Agree on 'Devastating Packages' of Russia Sanctions (Reuters)  

Update #2: Biden: US and G7 leaders agreed to move forward on "devastating" sanctions against Russia (CNN) 

WNU editor: Each country will be unveiling their measures later today.

Update #3: Ukraine is not happy with these new sanctions .... Kyiv furious as EU wavers on banning Russia from Swift payment system (The Guardian).

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