{"id":1327683,"date":"2022-02-22T10:01:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T15:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1327683"},"modified":"2022-02-22T15:08:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:08:22","slug":"biden-ready-to-respond-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-with-unity-clarity-and-conviction-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ready-to-respond-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-with-unity-clarity-and-conviction-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Ready To Respond To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine With \u2018Unity, Clarity, And Conviction\u2019: Press Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-ready-to-respond-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-with-unity-clarity-and-conviction-press-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1327683&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1372187507-e1645559115669.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>In a much-awaited press conference on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the ongoing \u201cinvasion\u201d of Ukraine by Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden called Putin\u2019s claims regarding Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty \u201cbizarre,\u201d and that Russia is in the process of \u201ccarving out\u201d a \u201cbig chunk of Ukraine,\u201d and are \u201csetting up a rationale\u201d for taking more territory by force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The president then announced that in response, the U.S. would be imposing sanctions \u201cfar beyond\u201d those implemented in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWho, in the Lord\u2019s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new, so called, countries?\u201d Biden asked, calling Putin\u2019s latest actions an example of \u201cflagrant\u201d violations of international law which require a \u201cfirm response\u201d from Western allies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sanctions, which Biden said were \u201cclosely coordinated with allies and partners,\u201d included full blocking sanctions against two Russian financial institutions, and efforts to cut off the Russian government from Western debt, financing, and markets. This would prevent Russia from raising money from the West, and could be strengthened if necessary, Biden argued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden also said that sanctions would be imposed on \u201celites\u201d and their family members, noting that they too share in the corruption of the Russian government. The president then confirmed that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project would not move forward, and that Russia would pay an even steeper price if aggression continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden also discussed additional defensive moves and support for Ukraine, authorizing U.S. forces and equipment already stationed in Europe to strengthen Baltic allies. He emphasized that these were \u201cdefensive\u201d moves, and that he had \u201cno intention of fighting Russia.\u201d Instead, Biden said that he wanted to send an \u201cunmistakable\u201d message, one which included the promise to defend NATO territory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite these sanctions, Biden stated that he believes Russia is \u201cpoised\u201d to go much further, with the president saying that he hopes he is wrong. He also acknowledged a concern that sanctions could have a broader effect on the U.S. and world economy \u2014 with one outcome being increased gas prices \u2014 and that efforts would be made to target Russia specifically.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden concluded by arguing that Putin had not counted on Western nations \u201cworking in unison,\u201d that the Russian president had directly attacked Ukraine\u2019s right to exist, and that while Biden remains open to serious diplomacy, Russia should be judged on its actions, not its words.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. is ready to respond with \u201cunity, clarity, and conviction,\u201d Biden said, before leaving without taking questions from the media.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This press conference came hours after the White House officially labeled Russia\u2019s troop movements as an \u201cinvasion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe think this is, yes, the beginning of an invasion, Russia\u2019s latest invasion into Ukraine,\u201d principal Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer said on Tuesday morning, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-business-europe-russia-vladimir-putin-46cef648807d0e3c2bac9793ad9022a6\"><span>Associated Press<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cAn invasion is an invasion and that is what is underway.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span> @ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s first original film, Shut In, has made its cinematic debut, being met with rave reviews. The Daily Wire is building an alternative to the leftist entertainment industry, one gripping movie at a time. Join us in this mission and stream Shut In today by becoming a Daily Wire<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> <i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a much-awaited press conference on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the ongoing \u201cinvasion\u201d of Ukraine by Russia.Biden called Putin\u2019s claims regarding Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty \u201cbizarre,\u201d and that Russia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1327683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}