President Joe Biden has given his first address to the nation since Russia invaded Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday morning.
The president gave his speech at 1:30pm ET on Thursday - one hour later than planned - where he is expected to announce a series of sanctions against Moscow including further restrictions on banks and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle.
Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday morning with a series of missile attacks on cities including the capital Kiev.
Since then, dozens of Ukrainians have been killed, civilians are fleeing their homes and global markets have plunged.
Mr Biden has vowed to hold Russia “accountable” for the “premeditated war” and condemned the attack in aa phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky overnight.
On Thursday morning, the president gathered his top national security officials in the White House situation room before joining the other G7 leaders in a meeting where the nations vowed to unite in rolling out “severe sanctions” on Russia.
