- Lindsey Graham says Biden response ‘woefully inadequate’
- Trump praises Putin’s moves as ‘genius’ and ‘very savvy’
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Joe Biden thought he would be remembered as the pandemic president, but finds himself commanding the arsenal of democracy in what could become the biggest military assault in Europe since the second world war.
The crisis escalated on Monday after Vladimir Putin recognised two breakaway territories in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, an apparent pretext for invasion.
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