Washington – President of the United States, Joe BidenThat promised this Saturday NATO There is more “unity” in insisting on the Russian president, Vladimir PutinYou invaded and made a mistake UkraineAmid escalating clashes between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
“My goal from the beginning has been to make sure I have NATO and NATO European union To the music, “Biden said in an interview with Brian Tyler Cohen’s radio show.
“Not only is NATO still united, look at what is happening to Finland, look at what is happening to Sweden (…) that (Putin) is having the opposite effect to what he expected.The President said that they could join after the threats from Moscow, indicating the signs of these two countries being non-partners in the alliance.
Putin thought that in his opinion, “it could split NATO, creating a huge opening for it to pass” and “it did not happen.”
Therefore, he stressed the importance of continuing international coordination in the face of the Russian military offensive against Ukraine, which began last Thursday.
“We have to work with our other allies,” he said.
On Saturday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that he would approve an additional $ 350 million in new military assistance to Ukraine to counter the Russian invasion.
For its part, in Moscow, the Russian military announced that it was ordered to launch an offensive in all directions in Ukraine, in order to gain full control of the country as soon as possible.
The Ukrainian military is trying to fight Kiev, the capital where the president is staying Volodymyr ZhelenskyThis encourages continued resistance to the invader.