President Biden was set to announce new sanctions on Russia Thursday after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a massive overnight invasion of Ukraine — while some congressional Republicans claimed Biden’s “weak” leadership had help cause the war.The 12:30 p.m. speech follows a phone call lasting more than an hour between Biden and other leaders of the G7 group of nations to discuss the precise punishments to be laid on Moscow’s government and economy. Putin said in a speech broadcast early Thursday local time that he ordered operations to “demilitarize” Ukraine after he recognized as independent two pro-Russia separatist republics in eastern Ukraine Monday.
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