Biden will hold talks with leaders of the Bucharest 9, Eastern European countries with close proximities, if not direct borders, and histories with Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine nears its one-year anniversary this week.
Biden will hold talks with leaders of the Bucharest Nine, Eastern European countries with close proximities, if not direct borders, and histories with Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine nears its first anniversary this week.The Bucharest Nine is made up of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. The countries came together in 2014 after Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
Estonia sounded the alarm on Russia's aggression this week, with Ambassador Kristjan Prikk saying Putin's invasion of Ukraine presents an"existential" threat to Ukraine’s neighbors in NATO. Prikk made his comments while marking the 105th anniversary of Estonia’s independence from the Russian Empire. The country's declaration of independence is commemorated every year on Feb. 24, a date now associated with Putin’s launch of the invasion to overthrow the Ukrainian government.
Biden met with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw on Tuesday, a day after traveling to Kyiv to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. While in Warsaw, Biden denounced Putin's actions in Ukraine, saying,"Putin’s war of conquest is failing. He thought he could outlast us. I don’t think he’s thinking that right now."
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