President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the United Nations on Wednesday.
Russia's war in Ukraine is nearing its 200th day, while governments continue to deal with the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic and climate change uncertainties.
Biden spoke before the UN last year to defend his decision to end the war in Afghanistan.
20 years of conflict in Afghanistan are over. As we close this period of relentless war, we are opening a new era of relentless diplomacy, according to Biden. He said that the U.S. military power should not be used as an answer to every problem around the globe.
Senior administration officials said that Biden would use the international stage on Wednesday to try to get allies at the U.N. to arm the Ukrainians.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters on Friday that a U.S. delegation will meet with a Ukrainian delegation on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. She said there was no plan for a meeting with the Russians.
They have not said that they are interested in diplomacy. She told reporters that they were interested in raising the unprovoked war onUkraine.
The Biden administration did not see this year's General Assembly as normal.
Sison raised serious questions about Russia's commitment to diplomacy, the U.N. Charter and the territorial integrity of nations.
National security spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the White House that respect for the international order is needed more than ever.
After nearly five months of gradual military build up along its ex-Soviet neighbor's borders, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February.
Smoke and dirt rise from shelling in the city of Severodonetsk this week. “Severodonetsk remains the epicenter of the confrontation in Donbas,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said via Telegram, according to a translation.In the weeks leading up to the invasion, the Biden administration threatened to impose sanctions on Russia in order to deter it from taking over Ukraine and reestablishing the Soviet empire.
In the months since Washington and its allies imposed a slew of coordinated sanctions, Russia has overtaken Iran and North Korea to become the world's most-recognized country.
Putin's attempt to take over global order has backfired so far.
In the last few days, the ragtag forces of Ukraine have made huge gains against the war machine of the Kremlin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin marks the Defender of the Fatheland Day in 2015 in central Moscow, Russia, with military officials surrounding him.According to the U.N., the counteroffensive against Russia has claimed more than 6,000 lives. The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights believes that the death toll in Ukraine may be higher.
The European Commission and the World Bank estimate that it will cost at least $349 billion to reconstructUkraine.
The Biden administration has created a war chest of more than 15 billion dollars in aid to the Ukrainian government.
Kirby said that the U.S. would continue to provide key capabilities to meet the evolving battlefield requirements of the Ukrainians.
The Biden administration supports efforts to document Russian war crimes.
Kirby told reporters at the White House that the US would continue to support efforts to document war crimes and atrocities committed by the Russian military in Ukraine. More than 400 mass graves were found in the recently liberated eastern Ukrainian city of Izium. There is a similarity between the revelation in Izium and the one in Bucha.
The Kremlin denied that it targets and executes civilians.
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