“America and its allies will not be intimidated” warned the American president shortly after the formalization by Vladimir Putin of the annexation of four Ukrainian regions against the backdrop of nuclear threats.
Le Monde with AFP
Pointing his finger towards the camera that filmed him, Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin, Friday September 30 in the evening. “America and its allies are quite ready to defend every centimeter from the NATO territory,” assured the president of the United States who was expressed a few hours after his Russian counterpart delivered a virginly anti-anti-speech Western and anti-American at the time of formalizing the annexation of four regions of the East and South of Ukraine. “Mr. Putin, understand what I say: every centimeter,” insisted Mr. Biden.
Responding to threats, uttered by the Russian president and other officials of the country, to use nuclear weapons to defend the new Ukrainian territories incorporated, the American president insisted: America and his allies do not will not let intimidate “. Vladimir Putin” will not scare us, “he added, calling the ceremony on Friday” bogus number “supposed to show the strength of the chief of the Kremlin, but which according to him” that he was in difficulty “.
The risk of use of nuclear weapons by Russian president Vladimir Putin exists but he does not seem “imminent,” the press advisor of the white house national, Jake Sullivan told the press on Friday. “There is a risk, given the lightness and the war attitude with which Putin talks about it, that he is considering this, and in the same way we were very clear about what the consequences would be,” He said to the press. “We currently do not see any indications for imminent use of nuclear weapons,” added this advisor.
imminent shipping of American weapons
Referring to a new assistance of $ 12 billion in Ukraine voted at the US Congress, Joe Biden promised to “continue to provide military equipment” in the country “so that he can defend himself”. The United States will announce the “immediate” shipment of new weapons for Ukraine next week, announced Jake Sullivan.
The United States has also warned that it would sanction in agreement with the countries of the G7 “any country, individual or entity” which would provide support for Russia attempts to take up “illegally” from territories in Ukraine.
In parallel, the countries of the G7 forum (Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom and USA) reaffirmed on Friday in a statement that they “will never recognize these alleged annexations”. = “https://www.consilium.europa.eu/fr/press/press-releases/2022/09/30/stainment-by–members-of–teropean-council/” Target = “_ blank” Rel = “Noopener” Title = “new window”> The leaders of the countries of the European Union made the same promise in a joint declaration in which they accused Moscow of putting “global security in danger”.
The secretary general of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has denounced an annexation “illegal and illegitimate”. “Ukraine has the right to take over these now occupied territories by force and we will support it so that it continues to release these territories,” he said at a press conference in Brussels, adding: ” The allies will never recognize these territories as part of Russia “. “We closely monitor what Russia does (…) and we made Russia very clearly understand that there would be serious consequences if the nuclear weapon was used against Ukraine,” He warned.