
The White House has condemned President Vladimir Putin’s “assault on media freedom and the truth” as police officers stormed the offices of an independent TV station in Russia that has been critical of the Kremlin.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said in Thursday’s press briefing that the US is “deeply concerned” by Russia’s attempts to silence sources of independent journalism in Russia that have refused to tow Mr Putin’s official – and false – line around its attack on Ukraine.