New reports says Putin’s full attack is imminent as Kremlin promises ‘painful’ response to Biden’s sanctions and Kiev’s banks and government is hit with massive cyberattack
- Russia warned of ‘painful response’ to U.S. sanctions on Putin’s inner circle
- Ukraine has declared a state of emergency – government websites and bank websites have been hit by cyber attack
- Vladimir Putin boasted of Russia’s battle readiness in address for Defender of the Fatherland Day
- Russian president warned his nation’s security ‘is non-negotiable’ and refused to back down over NATO demands
- Ukraine’s security council has declared a state of emergency in a ramping up of precautions for an invasion
- Comes as Joe Biden hit Russian banks and several top figures in Putin’s inner circle as well as sanctioning Russia’s sovereign debt to stop country raise money from the West
- Secretary of State Antony Blinken cancelled his meeting with Sergei Lavrov as diplomacy failed to end crisis
- Western allies say full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine including attack on Kiev is ‘highly likely’ – with U.S. sources spotting blood supplies being moved to the frontlines