Live: Biden gives speech on Russian invasion of Ukraine

President Joe Biden makes remarks on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and further sanctions the US and its allies will impose on Russia.

Biden condemned Russia’s attack on Ukraine as “unprovoked and unjustified” and promised to hold it accountable as Moscow launched what appeared to be a long-anticipated invasion of its neighbour.

Mr Biden’s comments followed a declaration by Russian president Vladimir Putin of a “special military operation” in Ukraine, which would aim for the “demilitarisation” of the country.

[Ji_hadJoe]

I miss the days when the only worry was mean tweets.

[thepresident]

Sooo in other words..
We are adding more sanctions
We are not going into Ukraine to fight off Russians
We are sending reinforcements to neighboring countries
And we are gonna try to keep gas prices low

[northwind]

I mostly enjoyed the first part when we were just looking at the empty podium. I found it to be very eloquent, the wisest part of the Biden administration.

[mattwilson]

so he basically reassured putin that he's not going to fight back for Ukraine?

[baby_boi]

81 million Americans voted for this old man hahaha

[leannrichards]

Was that "speech" supposed to reassure Americans or Putin? ❤️🙏

[RipperMaggoo]

What kind of a leader smiles and laughs at a press conference detailing a war breaking out. Pathetic.

[test-rjvl]

As a citizen of NATO country I must say that after seeing how Biden ended this meeting, I dont have too much hope in NATO anymore if Putin should invade us next.

[richyp]

Did I miss the part where Biden talked about securing the US southern border?

[URL]

lol the sigh biden gave at the end when they keep asking him why not sanction putin now 😂

[mntoaz]

8:19 (Covid Cough in the hand) / 9:06 (microphone finally starts working) / 10:22 - 11:25 (A bunch of wannabe tuff talk) / 16:45 (Gas price relief BS) / 17:40 (He will do everything in his power to limit the pain the American people pay at the pump. It's critical to him : "We'll see where prices are in July Joe") / 21:02 (Liberty, democracy, human dignity are forces far more powerful than fear and oppression : "You intentionally tried to make us fear Covid Joe and you oppressed us with shutdowns and mask mandates") / 23:32 ( He has NO IDEA what Putin's threatening) / (Question: Did you underestimate Putin? Biden shakes his head immediately as if HE KNEW this was coming!)

Folks - This is scary times. We have a president who has vehemently tried to enforce mask mandates while he CONSTANTLY continues to cough in his hand and not wear a mask. This president could easily solve this oil crisis by tapping into US reserves but he's in the pockets of left leaning environmentalist psychos. If he has NO IDEA what Putin is threatening right now he is clearly out of the loop with reality. Putin is going for what the U.S.S.R. had and I don't think he cares about the WEAK sanctions Biden is enforcing. I think Biden knew all along (pre-election) that this was coming from his body language when asked the question. Call me a conspiracy theorist - thats my opinion and I don't care if I offended anyone.

[musaxcoco]

Isn’t It ironic US and UK are talking about international law and Ukrainian sovereignty, while they did the opposite in Iraq, Libya etc The world should hold US/UK accountable for Iraq, Libya, etc and crimes against humanity

[darkseiid]

Time for this world era to end but I’m sure not ending with it

[Nathanfx]

Speaking to my brothers and sisters here in the UK, i think it's time we got a real leader and got rid of Borris, this isn't the time for clowning around anymore.

[zenthiapeterson]

Wealthiest country in the world. Yet the white house still has sound problems

[FerJitsu]

The world as we know is over. No matter what, it's now late to realize how terrible the middle east wars were. NATO's enemy reinforced their armys while we in the West were discussing other topics such as genre and marijuana

[humperdoodl]

i dont know why he is smiling all the time

[Pius-XI]

Weak leader. Bring back President Trump

[charlesjmouse]

Terrible for the people of Ukraine, and us all. To all our leaders - history tells us what to expect if you fail to make a proper stand. Don't fail:
If governments try to negotiate with Putin instead of standing up to him: “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
If Ukraine then gets sold down the river: "You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war."
- Winston S. Churchill

Just as before a belligerent despot has been emboldened by a continued lack of opposition to the point where he will grab so much that war becomes unavoidable. This will be the start of our world war if we show cowardice in the face of a bully. But this "enemy" won't loose, ask Napoleon or Hitler.

[realAamirShahzad]

The robot arrives at 7:45 ... save yourself sometime guys