After reports of explosions near Kyiv broke, US president Joe Biden accused Putin of choosing a ‘premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life’
Western leaders have responded with fury to Russia launching military attacks on Ukrainian cities, and vowed to hold the Kremlin accountable with a further barrage of crippling sanctions on its economy.
Shortly after reports of explosions near Kyiv broke, US president Joe Biden accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of choosing a “premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering”.