Joe Biden reiterated on Saturday that he does not intend to send American soldiers to Ukraine, while praising American leadership in the world, implicitly responding to accusations of weakness launched by his Republican opponent Donald Trump.
“There are no American soldiers at war in Ukraine. I am determined to keep it that way, but we stand firmly with Ukraine, and we will stand with it,” he said. the American president while addressing the graduating class of the prestigious West Point military academy, north of New York.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he described as a “brutal tyrant”, “was certain that NATO would fracture” after the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but “on the contrary, the largest defense alliance of world history is stronger than ever,” said Joe Biden.