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Remarks by President Biden Announcing Response to Russian Actions in Ukraine
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
SPEECHES AND REMARKS
East Room

2:22 P.M. EST

THE PRESIDENT: Trying to make up your mind, huh? (Laughter.)

Well, good afternoon. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin recognized two regions of Ukraine as independent states and he bizarrely asserted that these regions are no longer part of Ukraine and their sovereign territory. To put it simply, Russia just announced that it is carving out a big chunk of Ukraine.

Last night, Putin authorized Russian forces to deploy into the region - these regions. Today, he asserted that these regions are - actually extend deeper than the two areas he recognized, claiming large areas currently under the jurisdiction of the Ukraine government.

He's setting up a rationale to take more territory by force, in my view. And if we listen to his speech last night - and many of you did, I know - he's - he's setting up a rationale to go much further.

This is the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do from his Duma.

So, let's begin to - so, I'm going to begin to impose sanctions in response, far beyond the steps we and our Allies and partners implemented in 2014. And if Russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further as - with sanction.

Who in the Lord's name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbors? This is a flagrant violation of international law, and it demands a firm response from the international community.

Over the last few months, we have coordinated closely with our NATO Allies and partners in Europe and around the world to prepare that response. We've said all along and I've told Putin to his face a mon- - a month a- - more than a month ago that we would act together and the moment Russia moved against Ukraine.

Russia has now undeniably moved against Ukraine by declaring these independent states.
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