US President Joe Biden has said that Vladimir Putin 'cannot remain in power”. Brett_McLeod 9News LATEST:
Even as Mr Biden's words rocketed around the world, the White House attempted to clarify soon after Mr Biden finished speaking in Poland that he was not calling for a new government in Russia.
Mr Biden also used his speech to also make a vociferous defense of liberal democracy and the NATO military alliance, while saying Europe must steel itself for a long fight against Russian aggression.President Joe Biden participates in an arrival ceremony with Polish President Andrzej Duda at the Presidential Palace, Saturday, March 26, 2022, in Warsaw
He borrowed the words of Polish-born Pope John Paul II and cited anti-communist Polish dissident and former president, Lech Walesa, as he warned that Putin's invasion of Ukraine threatens to bring "decades of war.""In this battle we need to be clear-eyed. This battle will not be won in days, or months, either," Mr Biden said.
"What I am always surprised by is the depth and strength of the human spirit," Mr Biden told reporters after his conversations with the refugees at the stadium, which more recently had served as a field hospital for COVID-19 patients. More than 3.7 million people have fled Ukraine since the war began, and more than 2.2 million Ukrainians have crossed into Poland, though it is unclear how many have remained there and how many have left for other countries. Earlier this week the US announced it would take in as many as 100,000 refugees, and Mr Biden told Mr Duda that he understood Poland was "taking on a big responsibility, but it should be all of NATO's responsibility.
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