US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke days before the anniversary of the war, presenting starkly different views on the world and the conflict in Ukraine, with Biden pledging to defend democracy and Putin saying the West was a threat. for Russia.

Summary for the last 24 hours:

• Speaking to a crowd of thousands in the gardens of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Joe Biden hailed the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the goodwill of Poland and its Western allies in helping repel the Russian invasion. The US president said that an attack on Ukraine would never be a victory for Russia and said that new sanctions against Russia would be announced this week.
• G7 foreign ministers said their countries would continue to impose economic costs on Russia and urged the international community to reject what they called Moscow’s “brutal expansionism”.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the common chambers of the Russian parliament in a major nationally televised speech in which he blamed the West for unleashing the war in Ukraine and promised to set up a new fund to help those who lost loved ones in what he called the Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine.
• In his speech in Warsaw, Joe Biden expressed support for the Republic of Moldova, congratulating Maya Sanda, who was in the front row of the audience: “We want the people of Moldova to get their freedom. Madam President Maia Sandu, we are proud to be with you. Please give Maya Sanda a round of applause”
• Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his message on Tuesday evening: The front line has not changed. Fierce battles are taking place in Bakhmut, Lyman and Avdiivka / The occupiers are also using tear gas grenades. The confused accusations coming from Moscow are another proof of our effectiveness – Ukraine, the USA and the whole free world – said the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Tuesday evening.
• Russian troops are trying to advance in 5 directions. Russian troops are conducting an offensive in the districts of Kupyansk, Lyman, Bakhmut, Shakhtarsk and Avdiyivka in the east of Ukraine, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Tuesday evening.
• Putin canceled the decree on the recognition of the “sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova” in the Transnistrian issue
• The official reaction of the Republic of Moldova after Vladimir Putin canceled the decree regarding Transnistria: “We will continue to demand the withdrawal of Russian troops”
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia will suspend its participation in a new nuclear arms control treaty that limits the number of nuclear warheads that can be deployed by both Russia and the United States.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Russia’s main goal is to maintain nuclear parity with the United States.
• Russia says the suspension of the nuclear pact is reversible. Far from Warsaw, Russia signaled the possibility of reaching a compromise on a key agreement with the US on nuclear weapons, the BBC writes. The decision to suspend participation in the “New Start” contract “may be revoked,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Telegram message.
• US military support for Ukraine is much greater than that of any other country. President Biden’s speech in Warsaw took place after the publication of new data from the Kiel Institute, which show that US military aid to Ukraine is five times greater than that of any other country, the BBC reports.
• Xi Jinping plans to visit Russia. Chinese leader Xi Jinping plans to visit Moscow in the coming months to meet with Vladimir Putin, the Wall Street Journal reports citing sources familiar with the matter.

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