Stock Photo - February 24, 2022, Kramatorsk, Donetsk, Ukraine: People wait in a line outside a pharmacy in the center of Kramatorsk. .US President Joe Biden announced new sanctions against Russia, saying Putin 'chose this war' and that his country would bear the consequences. Other nations also announced sanctions, or said they would shortly. The chief of the NATO alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said the 'brutal act of war' shattered peace in Europe, joining a chorus of world leaders decrying an attack that could cause massive casualties and topple Ukraine's democratically elected government. The conflict shook global financial markets: Stocks plunged and oil prices soared amid concerns that heating bills and food prices would skyrocket. (Credit Image: © Andriy Andriyenko/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire).