Biden Planned Pivotal Speech as Putin Suffered Setback in Ukraine

Biden to Tell Eastern Europeans That Putin 'Will No Longer Get Away with It'

Speaking from a former castle in Warsaw before a crowd that included Ukrainian refugees, President Joe Biden Saturday framed the war in Ukraine as the battle of a generation in the fight for democracy as he sought to rally the world's support behind the embattled nation. "Democracies of the world are revitalized," Biden said of worldwide reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Biden blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin and called on the Russian people to choose a different path for their own country. He also urged Europe to end its dependence on Russian gas and unite behind a pressure campaign against Putin. Hours earlier several rockets struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv Saturday in what officials said were two separate attacks that occurred the same day Biden was visiting the capital of Poland, whose border is 45 miles away. "I can't believe I'm sitting here, talking about another war in Europe," Biden said during his remarks at Belweder Palace.