In Biden’s view, Russia must also be held accountable for war crimes in Ukraine. There was “more appalling evidence” of Russian atrocities and war crimes, Biden said in his speech at the general debate at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday in New York. The US worked closely with its partners to hold Russia accountable.
Biden has also accused Russia of “shamelessly” violating the UN Charter by launching a war of aggression against Ukraine. Russia wants to ‘wipe out Ukraine’s right to exist as a state’. The US President also condemned the partial mobilization announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Biden has sharply criticized the partial mobilization in the war against Ukraine announced by Russian head of state Vladimir Putin and the threat of a possible use of nuclear weapons. Russia is making “irresponsible nuclear threats to use nuclear weapons,” Biden told the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.”
The grain agreement was also addressed: Biden called for the extension of the grain agreement brokered by the United Nations between Russia and Ukraine. The deal signed at the end of July is valid for four months. In it, Russia pledged not to block the export of millions of tons of grain from Ukraine across the Black Sea. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently threatened to scrap what was the most important agreement between the warring parties to date.
Biden accused Russia of justifying the food crisis with the sanctions imposed on Moscow because of the Ukraine war. That is wrong. “Our sanctions specifically allow Russia to export food and fertilizers without restriction.”, stressed the US President. “It is Russia’s war that is making food insecurity worse.”
During the general debate, more than 140 heads of state and government wanted to give speeches at the UN headquarters in New York. The world’s largest diplomatic meeting is dominated by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. Because of the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II, Biden had postponed his traditional opening speech as US President by one day on Tuesday.
