and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors, who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. now, all of this ahead of president biden s trip to poland on monday to mark one year since president putin began his assault on ukraine. which has become the biggest conflict in europe since world war ii. there is no end in sight. it was nearly one year ago that russia used belarus territory to send troops into ukraine. remember those images, right? just yesterday, putin hosted the president of belarus for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation between the two nations. meanwhile, back in munich, ukrainian president zelenskyy thanked western allies for their support in a virtual address, stressing that more military aid is needed, and fast. i wanted to hear from the world, ukraine, we will be with you. unfortunately, i heard that only after russia struck our land. that is why we need to hurry up. we need the speed
sir, thank you for joining me tonight. great to be with you. so congressman, we have the vice president with these really strong words. formally accusing russia of committing crimes against humanity in ukraine. first of all, i wanted to talk about your reaction to this and how do you think this actually holds putin accountable? it s a very, very important step forward. this is the formal process. we ve known for, really, the outset of this invasion by russia, that they were committing crimes against humanity. the case had to be built, and that s what has happened over the last year. piece by piece, investigation depth and murder, all of those are not accounted for. and the formal declaration is made. that will hold putin, the heads of his military, as well as individual soldiers, accountable. and at some point, it s quite possible that putin will be hauled off to the hague for the world court there, and be held
all in. we are not going to abandon ukraine. we re going to provide them with everything they need, that they can use at that particular time. we are going to continue doing it, yes. it is expensive, but i want the american public to realize what happens if we do not. before this fight started, nato and biden attempted to negotiate with putin. putin refused to negotiate and put forward a demand that essentially was that the nato countries in the eastern front, that s bulgaria, romania, poland, and the baltic countries, all had to leave nato and they, and russia would be reestablishing the warsaw pact, which is the old soviet union packed. basically dominating eastern europe. now, that is bad enough. but if we were to do that, what is the message to china? if we abandon ukraine, what s
and i say, to all those who have perpetrated these crimes, and to their superiors, who are complicit in these crimes, you will be held to account. now, all of this ahead of president biden s trip to poland on monday to mark one year since president putin began his assault on ukraine. which has become the biggest conflict in europe since world war ii. there is no end in sight. it was nearly one year ago that russia used belarus territory to send troops into ukraine. remember those images, right? just yesterday, putin hosted the president of belarus for talks on expanding military and economic cooperation between the two nations. meanwhile, back in munich, ukrainian president zelenskyy thanked western allies for their support in a virtual address, stressing that more military aid is needed, and