US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 2 Russia's economy is shattered by Western sanctions, blamed solely on Vladimir Putin, US President Joe Biden said. «The ruble has lost 30% of its value, the Russian stock market has lost 40% , and trading on it has been suspended. The Russian economy is reeling, and Putin is to blame for this,» Biden said, addressing Congress. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24. Russian President Vladimir Putin called it the goal of «protecting people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Armed Forces strike only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president stressed.The development of the situation is in the online report>>
Biden announced his readiness to continue financial assistance to Ukraine
