Biden Joins NATO Emergency Meeting on Response to Russia Attacking Ukraine

US President Joe Biden joins an emergency NATO summit to strengthen the frantic Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and fears for the security of Europe.

The US president, who has spent weeks trying to lead a united trans-Atlantic response to Russia’s aggression against its neighbor, was meeting “with fellow NATO heads of state and government in an extraordinary virtual summit to discuss the security situation in and around Ukraine,” the White House says.

The meeting, with Biden joining from the White House Situation Room, is not open to the media.

It comes as Russian troops entered parts of the capital Kyiv after assaulting Ukraine from multiple directions and Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the ouster of the country’s government.