The president described “complete unanimity” within NATO as the U.S. and its allies levied harsh sanctions on Russia and increasingly stepped up aid to Ukraine.
President Joe Biden, seen here at the White House on Friday, said his goal “from the very beginning” was to keep America’s allies on the same page. | Carolyn Kaster/AP PhotoPresident Joe Biden said his goal “from the very beginning” was to keep America’s allies on the same page, as Russian leader Vladimir Putin believed he could “split NATO” and proceed with his invasion of Ukraine without encountering much in the way of international resolve or resistance.
The European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States on Saturday imposed further financial sanctions on Russia, including removing selected Russian banks from the SWIFT banking message system and placing restrictive measures on the Russian Central Bank. Earlier in the week, Biden said Putin chose “a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” adding that the world would hold Russia accountable for the death and destruction wrought in its neighboring country.it had arrayed around Ukraine into the country. But no major cities have fallen to Russian forces amid fierce Ukrainian resistance
In the Saturday interview, Biden shot back at former President Donald Trump’s remarks praising Putin’s recognition of breakaway regions of Ukraine, saying: “I put as much stock in Trump saying that Putin’s a genius as I do when he called himself a stable genius.”
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