Biden: "Putin is the aggressor and Putin has started this war"

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The president of the United States, Joe Biden , has appeared urgently at the White House in light of the attacks that occurred in recent hours in Ukraine and has declared that "this is a premeditated attack and that Putin has planned this for months" . "The Russian Government has carried out cyber attacks in Ukraine in recent weeks," says Biden, who has stated that this is a  "flagrant violation of International Law . " "Putin is the aggressor and Putin has started this war ," says Biden, who has promised that severe sanctions will be imposed on Russia that will entail "severe costs for the country . " During his brief intervention, and with the presence of a crowd of journalists, the president assured that "this aggression cannot go unanswered" and that both Putin and the country he leads "will bear the consequences .

" Biden has said his administration will punish Russia with economic sanctions. Specifically, Russian assets in the US will be frozen , Russian state-owned companies will be blocked from debt markets, and controls will be Phone Number Data imposed on the vast majority of high-tech imports . For the moment, the top American leader has not commented on whether they will disable the SWIFT code in Russian bank accounts since he has not finalized this detail with his European partners. "Let me repeat: our forces are not - nor will they be - involved in the conflict with Russia in Ukraine ," reiterates Biden, who has no plans to speak with Putin. Biden wished the best for Ukraine at the end of his speech: “freedom will prevail.



God bless the free republic of Ukraine and protect them ." Hectic day in Washington and US military assistance in Ukraine This Thursday morning was a busy one for the US leader : he urgently convened the US Defense Council and met with the G-7 at 9:17 a.m., according to the White House. US intelligence has been warning in recent weeks about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine and maintains between 5,000 and 9,000 troops in Polish territory, the vast majority of them paratroopers from the 82nd Division .