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Vivian Ho

Blinken on Ukraine: ‘Suffering is likely to get worse before it gets better’ – as it happened

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, speaks to the press before an extraordinary Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, speaks to the press before an extraordinary Nato foreign ministers meeting in Brussels. Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AP

Today so far

  • Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, spoke more from Brussels, warning that when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the “suffering we’ve already seen is likely to get worse before it gets better.”
  • The Biden administration is asking Congress for $10bn more to aid Ukraine.
  • Joe Biden made some remarks in Washington on manufacturing and infrastructure.
  • A federal appeals court ruled that the Biden administration can continue to rapidly expel migrant families unlawfully crossing the US-Mexico border, but should avoid sending them anywhere they could be persecuted or tortured.

Updated

Speaking of Poland, a bipartisan group of senators are calling on Joe Biden to expedite the sale of arms to the country amid tensions:

Updated

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