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highplainsdem

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March 18, 2022

Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman: "Our armed forces don't bomb towns and cities."

https://twitter.com/VeraMBergen/status/1504482132764205061

March 17, 2022

Zelensky responds to Italian Minister of Culture saying Italy will rebuild Theatre of Mariupol

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1504553843186716676

March 17, 2022

Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs has a message for Nestle (WARNING - graphic image)

https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1504557484186509321

March 17, 2022

Ukraine Foreign Ministry: Russia ignoring UN's ICJ means they should lose UN rights including veto

https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1504544900989214737

March 17, 2022

US President Biden calls Putin a "murderous dictator, pure thug"

Source: CNN

US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "pure thug" while speaking at a St. Patrick's Day event Thursday.

At the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is a “murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine.”

Biden also said Ireland has “stepped up” in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine. He said the relationship between Ireland and the United States was “taking on an even more intense and cooperative forum than it ever has because of Ireland's neutrality.”

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-17-22/h_27fb721b601fbd0c4abcb15df4fc0811

March 17, 2022