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Biden: Putin Wants to Eliminate Ukraine's Identity


Mon 23 May 2022 | 05:45 PM
Israa Farhan

US President Joe Biden accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of trying to destroy Ukraine's identity.

According to the US president, this is as witnessed by Russian shellings of civilian targets such as schools, hospitals, daycare centers, and museums.

"I believe what Putin is attempting to do is to eliminate the identity of Ukraine. He can’t occupy it, but he can try to destroy its identity," Biden said in Tokyo.

He added that "Putin must pay a dear price for his barbarism in Ukraine," in order to deter others from taking similar action, in reference to military tensions around Taiwan.

The president was speaking at a joint news reference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.