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President Biden will argue that Russia has violated “fundamental principles” of the United Nations during his address to the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Biden’s speech comes less than a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilization in a redoubled effort to seize Ukraine. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan previewed Biden’s speech, saying the president would focus on Putin’s “bare aggression.”
“He will offer a strong rebuke of Russia’s unjust war in Ukraine and appeal to the world to continue to stand against the bare-bones aggression we’ve seen these past months,” Sullivan said Tuesday.
“It will underline the importance of strengthening the United Nations and reaffirm the basic principles of its charter at a time when a permanent member of the Security Council has struck at the heart of the charter by questioning the principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty,” it added.
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A side-by-side photo of President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Mikhail Klimentiev / Sputnik / AFP)
A dog is seen in the middle of a road as Ukrainian army soldiers take part in a military sweep to search for possible remains of Russian troops after they left villages on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Putin’s mobilization, announced early Wednesday, will see Russian citizens conscripted into service. The Russian president says the mobilization is only partial and therefore conscription will be limited to civilians already in the military reserves.
Putin argues that conscription is necessary to “protect our homeland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, to ensure the safety of our people and people in the liberated territories.”
Russia’s move comes after weeks of successful military operations from Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have retaken about 8,000 square miles of territory in a series of counter-offensives that began in early September.
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The Ukrainian victories spurred Putin into drastic action. In addition to the military mobilization, his regime also announced a series of elections in Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine. Sullivan described the elections as “fake referendums” designed to give Putin a thin justification for annexing the territories.
