Putin has ‘already misplaced Ukraine,’ Biden says

President Biden believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has “already misplaced Ukraine,” he advised PBS NewsHour in a Wednesday interview.

“There isn’t any method that Putin goes to have the ability to — he is already misplaced Ukraine,” Biden told NewHour’s Judy Woodruff. “He thought that if he invaded Ukraine, to start with, he’d get a welcome by each Russian speaker, they’d say, ‘Come on in.’ Secondly, he thought what would occur is that NATO would collapse, NATO would to not do something, they’d be afraid to behave.”

Should you “go down the road, none of that is occurring,” Biden went on.

The president’s feedback arrived the day after his 2023 State of the Union addressthroughout which he emphasised the US’ continued dedication to Ukraine in its war against Russia and “acknowledged Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., within the viewers,” The Hill writes.

Biden additionally within the interview addressed criticism from GOP lawmakers, like Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)who’ve indicated a level of discomfort with the quantity of help the U.S. is offering Kyiv.

“If these guys do not need to assist Ukraine, I get it, they do not need to do this, however what are they going to do to when … Russia rolls throughout Ukraine or into Belarus or wherever else?” the president stated.

Russia first invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. “Since then, U.S. navy help to Ukraine has exceeded an estimated $28 billion,” The Hill reviews.

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