In a powerful speech given in Warsaw, Poland, the US president relied on previous statements calling Putin a “butcher”, describing him as a “dictator” and saying that ending the war in Ukraine was “its duty”. of our time. “. He said: “Barbarism will never stifle the will to be free. “Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia.” Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:38 “He’s a butcher” – Biden for Putin He said to a cheering crowd: “For God’s sake, this man can not stay in power. May God bless you all and may God defend our freedom and may God protect our troops.” Referring to Pope John Paul II, he said: “Never, never give up hope, never doubt, never get tired, never get discouraged. Do not be afraid.” Mr Biden also sent a direct message to the Russian people saying “he is not the enemy”. He continued: “I refuse to believe that you welcome the killing of innocent children and grandparents or that you accept hospitals, schools, maternity hospitals, for God’s sake, to be hit by Russian missiles and bombs. Or to encircle cities so that civilians can not leave, supplies were cut in an attempt to starve the Ukrainians … “Millions of families are being evicted from their homes, including half of Ukraine’s children. These are not the actions of a great nation.” The president said “rapid and punitive” costs were the only thing that would change Putin’s course a month after the invasion of Ukraine. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 0:38 “Strong” explosions outside Lviv He said his message to the people of Ukraine was simple: “We stand by you.” Russia, he added, had “strangled democracy” and “sought to do so elsewhere”, while Mr Putin had “bile” to say he had not invaded Ukraine. Mr Biden said: “It’s a lie. It’s just cynical. He knows that. And it’s obscene, too.” Mr Biden recalled previous cases in which “Soviet tanks suppressed democratic uprisings”, such as in Hungary in 1956 and in Czechoslovakia in 1968. “The test of the moment,” he said, “is the test of all time.” He promised that the United States would help Europe “end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels”, as the days of any nation subject to the tyranny of a tyrant for its energy needs are over. They have to finish. “ The White House later denied that the US president was calling for regime change. Use the Chrome browser for a more accessible video player 3:51 Biden: Putin will not divide NATO A Kremlin spokesman responded to Biden’s comment that Putin could not stay in power, saying: “This is not Biden’s decision. The president of Russia is elected by the Russians.” Mr Biden’s speech concludes a four-day trip that also included a previous stop for a series of summits in Brussels. Earlier on Saturday, after official meetings in Warsaw, the president described Russian leader Vladimir Putin as a “butcher”. The Kremlin said its comment would further reduce the chances of a rapprochement, according to Russia’s state-run Tass news agency. Mr Biden and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Lloyd Austin met for the first time with their Ukrainian counterparts to discuss how to “strengthen Ukraine’s capacity to resist Russian aggression”. Image: Polish President Andrzej Duda (R) welcomes US President Joe Biden to Warsaw Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told reporters that Ukraine had received additional security commitments from the United States to develop defense cooperation. He also said that Ukraine had agreed with the United States on ways to put pressure on Europe to impose new sanctions on Russia. Biden, meanwhile, said he was “not sure” that Russia had changed its strategy in invading Ukraine, as Moscow said it was now focusing on the full “liberation” of the breakaway Donbass region.
