WARSAW - President Joe Biden is wrapping up his whirlwind, four-day visit to Poland and Ukraine by reassuring eastern flank NATO allies that his administration is highly attuned to the looming threats and other impacts spurred by the grinding Russian invasion of Ukraine.Before departing Warsaw on Wednesday, Biden will hold talks with leaders from the Bucharest Nine, a collection of nations on the most eastern parts of the NATO alliance that came together in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.President Joe Biden challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "end the war" against Ukraine and warned that the U.S.
and its allies around the world will continue to support Ukraine and push for new sanctions on the Kremlin. Biden delivered that warning from Warsaw, Poland, nearly a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a day after making a surprise visit to Ukraine.
Citing remarks Putin made earlier in the day, Biden said the United States and Europe "do not seek to control or destroy Russia." "The West is not plotting to attack Russia, as Putin said today," Biden said. "This war was never a necessity — it is a tragedy." More LiveNOW from FOX streaming videoAs the war in Ukraine drags on, the Bucharest Nine countries’ anxieties have remained heightened.
Many worry Putin could move to take military action against them next if he’s successful in Ukraine. The alliance includes Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."When Russia invaded, it wasn’t just Ukraine being tested.