{"id":1343563,"date":"2022-02-25T19:08:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T00:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1343563"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:09:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T00:09:02","slug":"watch-ukrainians-protest-at-biden-white-house-demand-stronger-sanctions-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ukrainians-protest-at-biden-white-house-demand-stronger-sanctions-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Ukrainians Protest at Biden White House, Demand \u2018Stronger Sanctions Now\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-ukrainians-protest-at-biden-white-house-demand-stronger-sanctions-now%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1343563&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Hundreds of supporters of Ukraine gathered in front of the White House on Thursday to demand U.S. President Joe Biden issue more impactful sanctions against Russia in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin launching an attack on Ukraine this week.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/watch-pro-ukraine-protest-amassed-outside-of-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demonstrated<\/a> for hours Thursday evening in next-to-freezing temperatures and rain in Lafayette Square Park, just beyond the White House lawn, yelling chants condemning Putin and calling for more action from Biden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden, please remember that Putin and [Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenka are criminals. The only language they understand is language of force. We need stronger sanctions. Ukrainians appreciate the help that you provided and sanctions that already applied, but we need stronger sanctions to stop Putin,\u201d one protester announced to the crowd of several hundred.<\/p>\n<p>Chants broke out throughout the event of \u201ccut Russia off,\u201d \u201cUSA with Ukraine,\u201d \u201cdo not let democracy die,\u201d \u201cstop Putin now,\u201d \u201cCrimea is Ukraine,\u201d and more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20022530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_9660.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20022530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_9660.jpg\" alt=\"D.C. Ukraine-Russia protest, February 24, 2022\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20022626\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_9657.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20022626\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_9657.jpg\" alt=\"D.C. Ukraine-Russia protest, February 24, 2022\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_20022602\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_9661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20022602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/IMG_9661.jpg\" alt=\"D.C. Ukraine-Russia protest, February 24, 2022\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Breitbart News)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked about Biden\u2019s sanctions response, one individual named Yevgeniy told Breitbart News, \u201cI don\u2019t feel they are adequate. They will feel the difference only in years. They need to feel it now. They need to start feeling it now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian banks were prepared for sanctions. They knew about the invasion for months. They are prepared. These sanctions do nothing for them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breitbart\/videos\/530496468357750\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">detailed<\/a> Thursday what he described as \u201cstrong sanctions\u201d on Russia, which included cutting off major Russian banks from the U.S. financial system and limiting exports to Russia, repercussions which came after Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/24\/martel-putin-attacked-ukraine-after-biden-sent-signal-no-significant-consequences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicated<\/a> in January that sanctions against Russia would depend on the severity level of the invasion into Ukraine versus sanctions for any invasion at all.<\/p>\n<p>Standing with Yevgeniy at the protest was Nadiya Shaporynska, the president of the group U.S. Ukrainian Activists, who emphasized that thousands of Ukrainian civilians and service members have been killed \u201cduring this war, which Russia started in 2014,\u201d when Russia invaded and annexed the peninsula Crimea at the start of heightened conflict between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>In a press conference Friday afternoon, the U.S. State Department <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breitbart\/videos\/1452396531882501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0the attack on Ukraine was ongoing, that Russian military forces were advancing toward Ukraine\u2019s capital, Kyiv, and that \u201cwe have not seen any indication that Putin is prepared to deescalate. We have not seen any indication that he is willing to create the conditions in which diplomacy can succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of supporters of Ukraine gathered in front of the White House on Thursday to demand U.S. President Joe Biden issue more impactful sanctions against Russia in response to Russian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1343563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1343563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}