The Joe Biden administration is working with allies to develop a set of financial, technological and military sanctions against Russia that will take effect within hours if Russian troops invade Ukraine, The New York Times (NYT) reports, citing anonymous interlocutors among US officials.

The first president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, independently decided to transfer the post of head of the Security Council of Kazakhstan to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, said Nazarbayev's spokesman Aidos Ukibay .