Lawmakers give Putin permission to use force outside Russia

People look out from a shelter in the basement of an apartment building during the shelling of a power and heating plant in the Luhansk region of Ukraine on Feb. 22. | Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo

By Associated Press

02/22/2022 11:12 AM EST

MOSCOW — Russia’s upper house of parliament has given President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force outside the country.

That could presage a broader attack on Ukraine after the U.S. said an invasion was already underway there.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

Russian President Vladimir Putin asked the country’s parliament

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