LIVE NOW: US President Joe Biden speaks in Poland as Russia continues attacks on Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland -- President Joe Biden said Saturday that Vladimir Putin"cannot remain in power," dramatically escalating the rhetoric against the Russian leader after his brutal invasion of Ukraine.
"For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," Biden said at the very end of a speech in Poland's capital that served as the capstone on a four-day trip to Europe. Asked about the impact of such statements from Biden on Russia-U.S. relations, Peskov described it as"extremely negative.""With each such statement, and Biden now prefers to make them daily, he is narrowing the window of opportunity for our bilateral relations under the current administration," Peskov said.Watch the complete speech given by President Biden in Poland, wrapping up his trip to Europe amid the war in Ukraine.
Earlier in the day, as Biden met with Ukrainian refugees, Russia kept up its pounding of cities throughout Ukraine. Explosions rang out in Lviv, the closest major Ukrainian city to Poland and a destination for the internally replaced that has been largely spared from major attacks. "In this battle we need to be clear-eyed. This battle will not be won in days, or months, either," Biden said.
The president defended the 27-member NATO alliance that Moscow says is increasingly a threat to Russian security. He noted that NATO had worked for months through diplomatic channels to try to head off Russia's invasion. Biden listened intently as children described the perilous flight from neighboring Ukraine with their parents. Smiling broadly, he lifted up a young girl in a pink coat and told her she reminded him of his granddaughters.
The president spent time reassuring Poland that the U.S. would defend against any attacks by Russia as he acknowledged that the NATO ally bore the burden of the refugee crisis from the war.
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