“Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia”: Biden praised Kyiv’s resilience in tough speech against Putin

U.S. President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday that Washington and its allies would always stand by Kyiv and assured Russia would “never” defeat Ukraine in a scathing speech riddled with accusations against Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The speech that Joe Biden He said this on Tuesday in the garden of the old royal castle in Warsaw, and was addressed not only to the hundreds of people who listened enthusiastically despite the cold, but also to the American people, the Russians and the countries on NATO’s eastern flank. .

To all of them, the president wanted to convey the same message: the United States and the rest of the democracies of the West want peace in UkraineBye Vladimir Putin – whom he described as an autocrat – only seeks to quench his thirst for conquest with a bloody war.

“Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia. Never!” promised the American leader, who praised the Kyiv fortress almost a year after the start of the Russian invasion, the anniversary of which falls on the 24th of this month.

Kyiv “is still standing”

Joe Bidenwho made a very symbolic visit to Kyiv on Monday, said he could indicate that the capital Ukraine “it still stands today”, despite the fact that the Russian armed forces tried to conquer it at the beginning of the war in an offensive that failed.

“Kyiv stands tall, strong, tall and, most importantly, remains free,” he proclaimed as hundreds of listeners waved the flags of the United States, Poland and Ukraine.

“A year after the bombs began to fall, and a year after the Russian tanks entered Ukraine, the country is still independent and free. From Kherson to Kyiv, this land has been reclaimed,” he said. Joe Biden.

Despite the victorious tone of his speech, he acknowledged that there would be “hard and bitter” days before the end of the war, although he assured that the United States would continue to support Ukraine and reaffirmed its commitment to NATO, with particular reference to Article 5 on mutual defense contained in its founding treaty.

The struggle between democracies and autocracies

Joe Biden start a war Ukraine in a broader context: he referred to the values ​​of sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence, democracy and freedom, which are part of the global liberal order created after the Second World War and served to create international organizations such as the UN.

In this context, he believed that the war in Ukraine highlights the struggle between democracies and autocracies that the world is going through.

“Today we see again what the peoples of Poland and the peoples of all Europe have endured for decades, the hunger of the autocrats cannot be quenched, it must be resisted. And autocrats understand only one word: no, no, no. You won Don’t take my country, don’t take my freedom, don’t take my future!!” he exclaimed Joe Biden.

A message of the sort, which the presidential aide has already teased the press, was designed to resonate with the American public and remove any hint of war weariness, especially now that members of the Republican opposition are pushing for aid cuts. Ukraine.

Reply to Putin.

There was another part of the speech that sought to address the Russian people directly, and that was how he wanted to make it clear. Joe Bidenwho took the opportunity to respond to Vladimir Putin and make sure that the United States does not want to destroy Russiaas the Russian president assured on Tuesday in his address to the nation.

“I’m going to town again tonight Russia: The United States and European countries do not seek to control or destroy Russj. The West does not plan to attack Russia as Putin said today,” Biden replied.

Guarantor Joe Biden He went even further and accused Russian forces of committing crimes against humanity, including using rape as a weapon of war.

“It has been an exceptional year in every way. The cruelty of Russian troops and mercenaries who committed heinous crimes against humanity was extraordinary. They shamelessly attacked civilians, causing death and destruction,” he said.

these words Joe Biden They came just days after U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris formally accused Russia for the first time for committing crimes against humanity during the invasion Ukraine.

Thanks to Poland

Another main theme that was present throughout the speech Joe Biden and during the rest of his visit, it was thanks to Poland, as that country had taken in more than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees since the start of the war and had supported Kyiv by sending heavy military aid.

During your visit, Joe Biden met with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday to convey this gratitude to him.

tomorrow Wednesday, Joe Biden The Bucharest 9 meeting, in which nine countries of the eastern flank of NATO (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia) will complete its official agenda in Poland.

(As reported by EFE)

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