President Joe Biden forcefully condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s pre-dawn invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, calling it a premeditated attack and a brutal assault “without provocation, without justification, without necessity.”
“Vladimir Putin has been planning this for months,” he said.
Biden announced new sanctions that include banning what can be exported to Russia, which he said would be a “severe cost” to the Russian economy, “both immediately and over time.”
“We have purposely designed these sanctions to maximize a long-term impact on Russia and to minimize impact on the United States and our allies.”
The president met Thursday morning with his national security team and world leaders, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the attack on Ukraine in the predawn darkness.
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Incompetence at full display
Is there someone who knows where Putin is at this moment?
What a liar
If lies were like water…Psaki would be like the Atlantic Ocean.
BOO.
As always in History…. Europe will look back on these moments – and think …. “Thank God.. there is an USA”!
Did Biden contact his predecessor on what to do?
Where is mashed potato brains?
USA PRESENT IS VERY WEEK IN TAKE ANY DECISION !!
Boost the audio please