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‘Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia’: Biden delivers rallying cry in Warsaw after combative Putin speech

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to deliver his annual state of the nation address at the Gostiny Dvor conference centre in central Moscow on Feb. 21, 2023.

WARSAW, Poland — President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday that Russia would never defeat Ukraine and reaffirmed Western support for Kyiv just hours after the Kremlin said it would suspend participation in the last remaining nuclear arms treaty with the United States.

In a speech marking the grim first anniversary of Russia’s Feb. 24, 2022, invasion of Ukraine, Biden praised Poland and other Western allies for funneling weapons, artillery and billions in aid that have helped a resilient Kyiv fend off Russian forces for a year.

“One year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of Kyiv,” Biden said at Warsaw’s Royal Castle. “I can report that Kyiv stands strong, it stands proud and it stands free.”

Thousands of people huddled together and brandished Ukrainian, Polish and American flags at the castle where Biden last spoke in March, days

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