‘Who in Lord’s identify does Putin suppose offers him the precise?’ says Joe Biden 

“Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare these new so-called countries in territories that belong to his neighbours,” Biden mentioned in an handle on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia-Ukraine state of affairs from the White House in Washington. (Photo: Reuters)

US President Joe Biden accused Russia of beginning an imminent struggle as Russian troops are deployed within the two separatist areas in japanese Ukraine.

In an handle on Tuesday, Biden mentioned, “Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare these new so-called countries in territories that belong to his neighbours.”

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Biden mentioned that Russia’s transfer into japanese Ukraine quantities to the “beginning of an invasion”.

“Russia just announced that it is carving out a big piece of Ukraine… this is the beginning of a Russian invasion,” says Joe Biden.

On Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claims about Ukraine, Biden mentioned, “None of us will probably be fooled.”

Further, Biden announced sanctions that would effectively cut Russia off from Western financing and warned that more “extreme” sanctions than the ones imposed in 2014 would be announced shortly.

On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree declaring the independence of two separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk. Putin also signed aid agreements which allows Moscow to move its troops in the breakaway regions as a “peacekeeping” measure.

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