Missile Moves In Ukraine Display Putin “Must be Stopped,’ Joe Biden Says
“Congress will have to step up and business with out any more lengthen,” Joe Biden said.
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U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called Russia’s latest missile barrage on Ukraine a “stark reminder” that Russian President Vladimir Putin remained committed to destroying Ukraine and said “he will have to be prohibited.”
Biden, in a statement issued during his vacation in St. Croix, said the overnight attack, which killed 31 civilians and wounded over 120 across Ukraine, was the largest aerial assault since Moscow launched its invasion in February 2022.
“This can be a stark reminder to the arena that, later just about two years of this disastrous battle, Putin’s purpose rest unchanged. He seeks to obliterate Ukraine and subjugate its nation. He will have to be prohibited,” Biden said.
Biden said Ukraine used air defense systems that the United States and its allies and partners had provided to successfully intercept and destroy many of the missiles and drones launched by Russia, and he urged Congress to approve continued aid.
“Except Congress takes pressing motion within the unused time, we will be able to now not have the ability to proceed sending the guns and important breeze protection programs Ukraine wishes to give protection to its nation. Congress will have to step up and business with out any more lengthen,” Biden said.
The United States on Thursday said it would provide up to $250 million in arms and equipment to Ukraine in a final aid package this year, as top officials continued to urge lawmakers to approve another $61 billion in aid to the war-torn country.
Republicans are refusing to approve the assistance requested by Biden unless Democrats agree to tighten security along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The White House has warned that without the additional appropriation U.S. aid will run out by the end of the year for Ukraine’s fight to retake territory occupied by Russian forces.
Congress has approved more than $110 billion for Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, but it has not approved any funds since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives from Democrats in January 2023.
Biden said the stakes of the fight extended far beyond Ukraine to the entire NATO alliance and the security of Europe, and warned of risks to the United States.
“When dictators and autocrats are allowed to run roughshod in Europe, the chance rises that the US will get pulled in immediately,” he said. “We can’t let our allies and companions indisposed. We can’t let Ukraine indisposed. Historical past will pass judgement on harshly those that fail to reply to autonomy’s name.”
One by one, Biden’s nationwide safety helper, Jake Sullivan, who could also be in St. Croix, mentioned he mentioned studies of a missile briefly getting into Polish airspace with Polish Secretary of Shape Jacek Siewiera in a decision on Friday, the White Space mentioned.
Sullivan expressed the US’ unity with Poland, and pledged technical backup as wanted. He mentioned Biden is following the problem carefully.
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