WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed that Russia’s Vladimir Putin will pay over the long run even if he makes gains on the battlefield in Ukraine.
“While he may make gains on the battlefield – he will pay a continuing high price over the long run,” Biden said in his State of the Union address.
“He has no idea what’s coming,” Joe Biden said.
He spoke to Congress on the sixth day of Russia’s invasion of its European neighbor and as Kyiv stared down a miles-long armored Russian column potentially preparing to take over the Ukrainian capital.
In the prime time speech, Joe Biden announced a new step banning Russian flights from using American airspace.
He also signaled steps to hobble Russia’s military in the future, even as he acknowledged it could see more gains in the coming hours. “We are choking off Russia’s access to technology that will sap its economic strength and weaken its military for years to come,” he said.
