Krainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to US President Joe Biden about efforts to curb Russian violence, following his recent request to EU lawmakers to allow Ukraine to join the 27-member bloc.
His connections come as the war continues in several Ukrainian cities and dozens of Russian vehicles head for the capital, Kyiv. The Ukrainian government says the strike has taken over a TV tower in Kyiv.
Meanwhile, Western strategists and diplomats walked out of a UN Human Rights Council meeting on Tuesday when Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s speech began. Many officials at the summit have condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine as a violation of international law.
Biden met with colleagues Tuesday night and praised the shared economic strategies embedded in the economy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We are cutting off major Russian banks from the international financial system,” Biden said. “Putin is now more isolated from the world than ever before,” he added, referring to the retaliatory actions taken by the Kremlin war in Ukraine.
Biden said the US and its allies were making “Putin’s $ 630 billion military wallet worthless,” by preventing Russia’s central bank from protecting the Russian ruble.
“We are suspending Russia’s access to technology that will weaken its economic power and weaken its military in the years to come,” he added.
Biden said the United States would prevent Russian planes from flying in American airspace.
The announcement comes after similar steps by the European Union and Canada.
“We will join our partners in closing the American airspace on all Russian airlines – and divide Russia – and add more – to their economy,” Biden said.
The move will ban Russian-owned or registered airlines from flying over the United States, the latest integrated system within the U.S. and its allies during the Kremlin war in Ukraine.
Life in a bomb shelter in the Donetsk region
Residents are living in a bomb shelter after recent shootings in separatist areas in Mykolayivka (Nikolayevka) and Bugas in the Donetsk region (DPR) in Ukraine on March 1.
American aircraft manufacturer Boeing said on Tuesday it was suspending parts, repairs and technical support for Russian airlines and major operations in Moscow following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“As the dispute continues, our teams are focused on ensuring the safety of our regional partners,” a Boeing spokesman said.
The announcement came a day after Boeing said he had temporarily suspended work at the Moscow Training Campus and temporarily closed his office in Kyiv.