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President Joe Biden took a trip to Warsaw, Poland on Tuesday to talk on the 1 year anniversary of Russia’s war inUkraine The president argued that the war belongs to an international battle in between authoritarianism and democracy.
Biden on Monday made a trick 23- hour journey to Kyiv, Ukraine where he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and revealed a brand-new weapons plan for the nation worth around $500 million.
The speech likewise came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin talked to a joint session of Russia’s parliament. In it, Putin framed the war as a proxy fight versus the West and specified he would be suspending involvement in the New START Treaty, the sole staying significant nuclear contract in between the U.S. and Russia.
Biden stated that democracies and democratic unions like NATO have actually just grown more powerful in the in 2015. It’s an argument he’s long made as president, promoting for democracy in the U.S. and abroad.
“This is the largest land war in Europe in three-quarters of a century and you’re succeeding against all and every expectation except your own. We have every confidence that you’re going to continue to prevail,” Biden stated in Kyiv onMonday “One year later, Kyiv stands and Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”
