“Putin will be a pariah on the world stage,” Biden said Thursday, promising that the attack on Ukraine will cost Russia “dearly, economically and strategically.”
mounted a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from land and sea, Presidentaddressed disquieted Americans wondering what was to come. “Putin committed an assault on the very principles that uphold global peace,” Biden said in a searing speech Thursday afternoon, following a virtual meeting with G7 leaders.During his White House address, Biden announced additional sanctions against Russia, which he said were designed to “maximize the long term impact on Russia and minimize the impact on the U.S.
Biden nonetheless reserved some harsher measures, including cutting off Russia from the SWIFT banking system. He also said that he had “no plans” to talk to Putin and that there had been a “complete rupture” in diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Russia. “Putin is the aggressor,” Biden said. “Putin chose this war, and now he and his country will bear the consequences.”
Biden acknowledged that the impact of the sanctions would be felt on the U.S. and its allies: “I know this is hard, and Americans are already hurting,” he said, alluding to the pain at the gas pump already being felt in the U.S. due to inflation. But he urged “resolve” while the sanctions take effect, cautioning that Putin “has much larger ambitions than Ukraine.”
“He wants to, in fact, re-establish the former Soviet Union,” Biden said. “That’s what this is about.” Putin’s decision to attack Ukraine, announced in an overnight televised address, was followed by reports of blasts caused by shelling or missile strikes across the country, with at least 10 regions of Ukraine—including Kyiv, the capital—hit within an hour,. More than 40 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting on Thursday morning and dozens were injured, Ukrainian officials
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