Nagpur: While addressing his first State of the Union address, US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced that it is closing its airspace to all Russian flights and claimed that Moscow will be ‘weaker’ by the end of its war against Ukraine.
Clarifying whether the US will be sending in his troops to Ukraine he said, “Our forces are not engaged and will not engage with the conflict of Russian forces in Ukraine. Our forces are not going to Europe to fight for Ukraine.”
Key highlights of the speech here:
“US forces are not going to Ukraine to fight against the Russian Military.”
“Orders on blocking Russian aircraft and airlines from entering and using all US airspace will be fully in effect by the end of Wednesday.”
“The world has isolated Vladimir Putin for sending Russian forces pouring into Ukraine”
“US is working to seize yachts, apartments of Russian oligarchs, says ‘we are coming for your ill-begotten gains’”
“Together with our allies, US is providing support to the Ukrainians in their fight for freedom”
“US will continue to aid the Ukrainian people as they defend their country and help ease their suffering.”
Biden asserted that the US and its allies will defend “every inch of NATO territory with full force of our collective power.”
