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During a speech in Warsaw on Saturday, President Joe Biden said that he wanted to rally the world's democracies for what he said would be a long fight against Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
President Joe Biden spoke about the war in Ukraine at the Royal Castle.
Biden said at the beginning of his speech that the battle would not be won in days or months.
Hours after assuring the United States that the alliance was sacred, Biden warned Russia not to think about going on one inch of NATO territory.
Europe must end its dependence on Russian oil and natural gas, and the world must speed up its transition to renewable energy, according to Biden.
Biden said that the Russian people are not our enemy.
Condemning Putin's actions, Biden said, "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power."
An administration official said that the president wanted to make it clear that Putin couldn't exercise power over his neighbors. He was not talking about Putin's power in Russia.
It is unusual for a U.S. president to call for the removal of a world leader. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CBS that the U.S. did not intend to remove Putin from office. The speech was intended to rally U.S. allies in the battle between democracy and autocracy, according to Biden. Biden talked about the financial commitments the U.S. has made to Ukraine and to Europe to enable it to transition away from Russian energy, as well as the effectiveness of Western economic sanctions, which he said were proving to have the power to damage rivals military might.
Biden called Putin a butcher after he promised to defend NATO members.
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