Efforts are ongoing to coordinate safe routes of escape for Ukrainian civilians out of besieged

On Tuesday, the Russian president said that the invasion was necessary because the US was using

result of cooperation between several countries." RUSSIA CAPTURES STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT TOWN AHEAD OF

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan gives an update about the ongoing talks with

The U.S. has already banned the import of Russian oil, gas and coal as a result of Russia’s ongoing

Russia would only isolate it and make it more difficult to achieve constructive engagement,' said

, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent, and the upper house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved

Here is a timeline of Ukraine's fraught relationship with Moscow since it won independence in 1991 and the events that led to the current conflict. 1991: Shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukraine declares independence from Moscow.... 2008: NATO promises Ukraine it will one day join the alliance. 2010: Yanukovich wins a presidential election.... 2013: Yanukovich's government suspends trade and association talks with the EU and opts to revive economic ties with Moscow, triggering month

reason because of the unprovoked invasion by Putin of Ukraine, a sovereign nation....

reason because of the unprovoked invasion by Putin of Ukraine, a sovereign nation....