![]() And now he and his country will bear the consequences. ![]() We’ve shared declassified evidence about Russia’s plans and cyberattacks and false pretexts so that there can be no confusion or cover-up about what Putin was doing. Then came in the air raids, followed by tanks and troops rolling in. Within moments - moments, missile strikes began to fall on historic cities across Ukraine. ![]() We saw a flagrant violation of international law in attempting to unilaterally create two new so-called republics on sovereign Ukrainian territory.Īnd at the very moment that the United Nations Security Council was meeting to stand up for Ukraine’s sovereignty to stave off invasion, Putin declared his war. We saw a staged political theater in Moscow - outlandish and baseless claims that Ukraine was - Ukraine was about to invade and launch a war against Russia, that Ukraine was prepared to use chemical weapons, that Ukraine committed a genocide - without any evidence. Rus- the Russian government has perpetrated cyberattacks against Ukraine. ![]() In the past week, we’ve seen shelling increase in the Donbas, the region in eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists. And now it’s unfolding largely as we predicted. He rejected every good-faith effort the United States and our Allies and partners made to address our mutual security concerns through dialogue to avoid needless conflict and avert human suffering.įor weeks - for weeks, we have been warning that this would happen. He moved blood supplies into position and built a field hospital, which tells you all you need to know about his intentions all along. He moved more than 175,000 troops, military equipment into positions along the Ukrainian border. Vladimir Putin has been planning this for months, as I’ve been - as we’ve been saying all along. The Russian military has begun a brutal assault on the people of Ukraine without provocation, without justification, without necessity. THE PRESIDENT: Sorry to keep you waiting. ![]()
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