Russia-Ukraine updates: US to ban Russian carriers from its airspace
Biden will announce the news in his State of the Union address, a source said.
Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up "stiff resistance," according to U.S. officials.
The attack began Feb. 24 as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation."
Russians moving from Belarus towards Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, don't appear to have advanced closer towards the city since coming within about 20 miles, although smaller advanced groups have been fighting gun battles with Ukrainian forces inside the capital since at least Friday.
Russia has been met by sanctions from the U.S., Canada and countries throughout Europe, targeting Russia's economy and Putin himself.
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Biden to speak on Russia, Ukraine from White House
President Joe Biden will provide a status update to the nation on Russia and Ukraine at 3:30 p.m. from the East Room, the White House said.
Biden "will reiterate that the United States remains open to high-level diplomacy in close coordination with our Allies, building on the multiple diplomatic off-ramps we and our Allies and partners have offered Russia in recent months," it said.
The addition to Biden's schedule comes amid international questioning and skepticism as to whether Russia is actually pulling back troops Tuesday from Ukraine's border as the Kremlin says it is doing.
Ukraine says defense ministry, banks hit with cyberattack
Ukraine’s national cybersecurity agency said Tuesday a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack has targeted the website of the country’s Ministry of Defense and armed forces, as well as two of its largest state banks.
In a statement posted to its Facebook page, the agency said that the internet banking of the two banks, Privat bank and Oshchadbank were under attack but that some services were still functioning.
The agency said for now there are no risks to citizens’ money.
The Ministry of Defense and Ukraine’s Armed Forces’ public-facing websites are not currently accessible. The extent of the attack is not yet clear.
-ABC News’ Patrick Reevell
Blinken talks with Russian counterpart
In a signal that the door to diplomacy could remain open, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke again Tuesday morning, according to a senior official with the U.S. Department of State.
The two had already spoken on Saturday and agreed to connect again in the coming days, the official said, as the two governments have delivered mixed messages on the extent of Russia's military presence and intent on Ukraine's border.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden had a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to a White House official, while U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has departed Washington, D.C., for Brussels for NATO meetings.
-ABC News' Conor Finnegan and Sarah Kolinovsky
Putin comments on 'partial withdrawal' of Russian troops
Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on what he called Russia's "partial withdrawal" of troops near Ukraine on Tuesday, one day after Pentagon officials said Russia had sent even more troops to the border region over the last 24 to 48 hours.
Putin delivered mixed messages at a press conference in Moscow, suggesting he does not consider the crisis to be resolved as Russia's key demand that Ukraine is barred from joining NATO has not been met. But he also said there were items in the U.S. responses "to discuss," specifically noting Russia is ready to talk about the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, which the Trump administration withdrew from, among other "military confidence-building measures."
"We want to resolve this question right now. In the nearest future, in the course of the negotiating process, with peaceful means," Putin said.
Asked about some Russian troops pulling back on Tuesday, Putin hinted there could still be room for escalation but added, "we will strive to agree on the issues which have been put forward by us using the diplomatic path."
"How will Russia act next? According to plan!" he said.
-ABC News' Patrick Reevell