UPI By Clyde Hughes
In a speech in Poland on Tuesday night, U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the people of Russia, saying Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine was “never a necessity” but a war of choice by President Vladimir Putin.
Drawing a contrast from Putin’s own State of the Nation address in Moscow where he said the Kremlin had no choice but to attack Ukraine, Biden responded directly to Putin’s words during remarks from the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
“We are not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today,” Biden said in a dramatic response to the Russian leader hours after he gave his speech in from of Moscow political leaders. “Millions of Russian citizens only want to live in peace and their neighbors are not the enemy.
“President Putin chose this war. Every day the war continues it’s his choice. He can end the war with a word. It’s simple. If Russia would stop invading Ukraine, it would end the war. If Ukraine stopped defending itself against Russia, it would be the end of Ukraine.”
Biden said the United States and its allies are working to make sure Ukraine has the ability to defend itself because its existence depends on it. He said a coalition of 50 nations is working to give Ukraine aid and supplies to defend against Russia.
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