A group of lawmakers sent a letter to President Biden on Tuesday amid escalating tensions in Ukraine to remind him that he must seek authorization from Congress before sending in troops or launching military attacks.
The Russia-Ukraine crisis deepened on Tuesday, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin declared two separatist regions of eastern Ukraine to be independent states.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has requested an all-Senate briefing on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine as Russian forces have entered eastern Ukrainian territories controlled by separatists.
The Russia-Ukraine crisis lurched closer to the point of no return Monday via a series of events that reverberated from Moscow to Washington.And this is only the beginning.