The speech comes hours after Vladimir Putin delivered a major speech to the Federal Assembly, again falsely claiming that Ukraine and its allies in the West started the war. 9News
capital a day before as evidence that the democracies of the world are growing stronger in the face of autocracy.
Visiting the region this week, Biden hoped to again provide a rallying cry for Ukraine, demonstrating to Putin and Russia that Western resolve isn't weakening. Harkening to the start of the war, Biden said the challenges of the invasion extended beyond Ukraine's borders. In meetings with Poland's President Andrzej Duda and other eastern European allies, he reiterated his commitment to those countries' security.
"I made it clear that the commitment of the United States is real and that a year later I would argue NATO is stronger than it's ever been," Biden said.Biden announced Monday he would join European nations in announcing new sanctions on Moscow and unveil another security assistance package on top of the tens of billions already committed this year.
White House officials have been looking towards this week's anniversary for weeks, consistently making the point that one year ago, as Russian troops were massing on the border with Ukraine, there were plenty of people – including inside the Biden administration – who predicted Kyiv would fall in a matter of days.
"I think it is wise to be prepared for a long war," German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who will visit Biden at the White House early next month, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Friday. Speaking to reporters ahead of Biden's speech, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said it was not planned as a direct rebuttal to Putin
If there was ever a point when Biden and his aides hoped to avoid personalising the Ukraine conflict, it was over long before this week's anniversary. Biden has declared Putin a "war criminal" and a "pure thug," accusing Russia of genocide and, in his castle speech, making an implicit call for regime change.
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