Biden in UN speech accuses Russia of 'extremely significant' violation of international charter
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President Biden accused Russia of an "extremely significant" violation of the United Nations international charter in its "brutal, needless war" against Ukraine, delivering harsh words directed to Russian president Vladimir Putin, saying the war was "chosen by one man."
Biden, speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City Wednesday, reflected on the past year.
"In the last year, our world has experienced great upheaval— growing crisis and food insecurity; record heat, floods, droughts, COVID-19, inflation, and a brutal, needless war—a war chosen by one man," Biden said in his first words to UNGA.
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