Shortly before his speech at the end of the day, Joe Biden had set the tone.
Visiting Ukrainian refugees hosted in Poland, the American president called Vladimir Putin a "butcher".
From the royal castle in Warsaw, at the stroke of 6 p.m., Biden extended, defying Russia, supporter of “dark autocracy”, facing democracies around the world, the United States in the lead.
By summoning the figure and the words of John Paul II, the first Polish pope: “Do not be afraid!
“, he hammered.
In the costume of the leader of the "free world", Biden predicted "a very long fight", on the 31st day of the Russian invasion.
“Ukraine has fought bravely to defend democratic principles (…) We are at your side,” he again assured the Ukrainians.
Before attacking the “imperial” project of Vladimir Putin: “He has the audacity to want to make people believe that force does justice.
Vladimir Putin is not interested in negotiations, only in lies,” explained Joe Biden, who earlier in the day had already questioned Russia's willingness to focus its military offensive on Donbass.
“This man cannot stay in power”
The American head of state again welcomed the "unity" of Westerners in the application of economic sanctions.
“We attacked their economy by stopping imports of Russian products.
The ruble is reduced to nothing.
We have touched the architects of this war”, he assured, noting “already the failure of Putin” in this war.
And to warn him: “Don't even think about moving a square centimeter into NATO territory.
American forces are not in Europe to engage in conflict with Russian forces, we are there to defend NATO allies.
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Assuring "the Russian people" that they are not their "enemy", he called on them, in a speech marked by faith, to bring down the "dictator".
Remarks that the White House wanted to attenuate a little later, indicating that the American president had not called for “regime change”.
Even as Joe Biden exclaimed: “For the love of God, this man cannot stay in power.
» And to repeat: « Do not be afraid!
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