Addressing a crowd in Warsaw, US President Joe Biden mentioned that Putin thought he was ‘robust’ however he met ‘iron will of America’.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 21, 2023 23:02 IST
US President Joe Biden. (File photograph: Reuters)
By India Today Web Desk: A day after his shock go to to war-hit Ukraine, US President Joe Biden landed in Poland on Tuesday. Addressing a crowd in Warsaw, Biden mentioned that Russian President Vladimir Putin thought he was ‘robust’ however he met ‘iron will of America’.
Joe Biden’s handle got here hours after Putin delivered his annual state of the nation handle within the Russian parliament, the place he accused the US and Kyiv for his invasion of Ukraine.
While sustaining the US’s help to Ukraine, Biden dismissed Putin’s cost that the US and different western nations have been plotting to assault Russia.
“One year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of Kyiv. I just visited – and I can report that Kyiv stands strong. Kyiv stands proud and tall. And most importantly, Kyiv stands free,” Biden mentioned.
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“When Russia invaded, it was not just Ukraine being tested. The whole world faced a test for the ages,” CNN quoted Biden as saying. “Europe was being tested. America was being tested. Nato was being tested.”
Calling the Russian premier an “autocrat”, Biden additional mentioned, “Autocrats only understand one word: No. No, no. No, you will not take my country. No, you will not take my freedom. No, you will not take my future.”
“Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia – never,” the US president advised the Warsaw crowd.
On Monday, Biden made an unannounced go to to Ukraine to satisfy Zelenskyy and reaffirm the US’s “unwavering and unflagging dedication to Ukraine’s democracy”.
The go to can be being seen as a gesture of solidarity days earlier than the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of the nation.
(With inputs from AFP and CNN)
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Edited By:
Rishabh Sharma
Published On:
Feb 21, 2023
