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Biden, in the Warsaw embassy speech to Putin
US President Joe biden he will use the speech in Poland next week to send a message to Wladimir Putin, and clarified that NATO would support Ukraine’s war effort “for as long as necessary”. Biden will leave Monday for a short trip to Warsaw, which comes on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, will meet Polish President Andrzej Duda and members of the Bucharest Nine, will speak by phone with leaders of Britain, France and Italy, it said white house with. The main public event during the visit will be the speech delivered by the Royal Castle in Warsaw, which will focus on “how the United States has mobilized the world to assist the Ukrainian people in defending their freedom and democracy,” he said Narrator John Kirby. “President Biden will make it clear that the United States will continue to be with Ukraine … for as long as necessary.” “And I suspect you’ll hear him send messages to both Putin and the Russian people.” Kirby posed It is then clear that Biden does not intend to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the trip or to travel to Ukraine.
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Air warning in Kiev and 10 other regions of Ukraine
An air alert was sounded in Kyiv and 10 other regions of Ukraine this morning and is still ongoing.
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Sunak: NATO amends Atlantic Treaty to guarantee Kiev peace
There Great Britain proposes a change Atlantic treaty NATO to protect Ukraine from future Russian aggression and to guarantee Kiev “long-term” support. This is British Prime Minister Rishi sunak he said in his planned speech at the Munich Security Conference tomorrow, as anticipated by a note from Downing Street. “We must show that we stand by their side, willing and able to help them defend their country time and time again,” added the prime minister. Sunak also appealed to allied countries to “double” military support to Kiev.
While our combined efforts are making a difference on the ground, “now is the time to redouble support for Kiev’s armed forces,” Sunak says. “When Putin started this war, he bet that our resolve would fail. He’s already betting that we won’t have strong nerves – adds Sunak -. But we proved him wrong back then, and we will prove it again.” In addition, according to the Prime Minister, the international efforts serve not only to protect Ukraine, but the security of the entire European continent and the world order, which has existed for 80 years Peace and security preserved “The stakes in this war are even greater than the security and sovereignty of a nation, it is about the security and sovereignty of every nation – stresses Sunak – because Russia’s invasion, its heinous war crimes and irresponsible nuclear rhetoric are symptomatic for a greater threat to everything we believe in.”
Ukrainian war, the news of February 18. The European heads of state and government are meeting in Munich for the security conference, with the focus obviously being on Ukraine. “We are the free world. We have to win against Goliath,” Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said via video link. “Anyone who can send tanks to Ukraine should do it now,” urged Chancellor Olaf Schoz. According to Macron, “Now is not the time for a dialogue with Putin, we are ready to make an effort, but we are also ready for a longer war”.