OVER TYRANNY. RUSSIA'S
VLADIMIR PUTIN SOUGHT TO SHAKE
THE VERY FOUNDATIONS THE FREE
WORLD.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN MAKING BEN
TO HIS MENACING WAYS. BUT HE
BADLY MISCALCULATED.
>> HE THOUGHT HE COULD ROLL IN
UKRAINE AND THE WORLD WOULD
ROLL OVER INSTEAD HE MET WITH
THEM ALL WALL OF STRENGTH. HE NEVER ANTICIPATED OR IMAGINED.
NEVER ANTICIPATED OR IMAGINED. HE MET UKRAINIAN PEOPLE.
>> EVERY UKRAINIAN THEIR
FEARLESSNESS, THEIR COURAGE
AND DETERMINATION LITERALLY
INSPIRES THE WORLD. GROUPS OF
CITIZENS BLOCKING TANKS WITH
THEIR BODIES. EVERYONE FROM
STUDENTS TO RETIREES TO
TEACHERS TURN SOLD. YOU
DEFENDING THEIR HOMELAND. AND
THE STRUGGLE PRESIDENT
ZELINSKY SAID IN A SPEECH TO
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT. LIGHT
WILL WIN OVER DARKNESS.
UKRAINE. AMBASSADOR UNITED
STATES IS HERE TONIGHT SITTING
WITH THE FIRST LADY. EACH OF US, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND
US, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO STAND STAND AND SEND AN UNMISTAKABLE
I CAN STAND WITH THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE. THROUGHOUT OUR
HISTORY. WE LEARNED THIS
LESSON DICTATORS DO NOT PAY A
PRICE FOR THEIR AGGRESSION
CAUSE. MORE CHAOS. THEY KEEP
MOVING AND THE COST THREATS
AMERICA AND AMERICA TO THE
WORLD KEEPS RISING. THAT'S WHY
THE NATO ALLIANCE WAS CREATED
TO SECURE PEACE AND STABILITY
IN EUROPE AFTER WAR 2. UNITED
STATES IS A MEMBER ALONG WITH
29 OTHER NATIONS. IT MATTERS
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY MATTERS.
AMERICAN RESOLVE MATTERS. PUT
HIS LATEST ATTACK ON UKRAINE
WAS PREMEDITATED AND TOTALLY
UNPROVOKED. HE REJECTED
REPEATED REPEATED EFFORTS AT
DIPLOMACY. HE THOUGHT THE WEST
AND NATO WOULDN'T RESPOND. HE
THOUGHT COULD DIVIDE US AND
HOME IN THIS CHAMBER IN THIS
NATION. HE THOUGHT HE COULD
DIVIDE US AND EUROPE AS WELL.
BUT PUTIN WAS WRONG.
>> WE ARE READY. WE ARE UNITED
AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. WE
STAY UNITED. WE PREPARE
EXTENSIVELY IN CAREFULLY. WE
SPENT MONTHS BUILDING
COALITIONS MOTHER FREE TO 11
NATIONS IN EUROPE AND THE
AMERICANS JET FOR AMERICA TO
THE ASIAN AND AFTER YOUR
COMMENTS. TO CONFRONT PUTIN.
LIKE MANY OF YOU. I SPENT
COUNTLESS HOURS UNIFYING YOUR
EUROPEAN ALLIES. WE SHARE WITH
THE WORLD WE KNEW WAS PLANNING
AND PRECISELY HOW WE WERE
TRYING TO FALSIFY AND JUSTIFY
HIS AGGRESSION. WE COUNTED
RUSSIA'S LIES WITH THE TRUTH.
AND NOW. NOW HE'S ACTED. THE 3
WILL FREE WORLD IS HOLDING HIM
ACCOUNTABLE. ALONG WITH 27
MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
INCLUDING FRANCE, GERMANY,
ITALY AS WELL AS COUNTRIES
LIKE THE UNITED KINGDOM.
CANADA, JAPAN, KOREA,
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND
MANY OTHERS EVEN SWITCH TO AN.
ARE INFLICTING PAIN ON RUSSIA.
AND SUPPORTING THE PEOPLE OF
UKRAINE. PUTIN IS NOW ISOLATED FROM WORLD MORE THAN HE'S EVER
FROM WORLD MORE THAN HE'S EVER BEEN.
BEEN. I'S. WE'RE RIGHT NOW
ENFORCING POWERFUL ECONOMIC
SANCTIONS.
>> WE'RE CUTTING OFF RUSSIA'S
LARGEST BACK TO INTERNATIONAL
FINANCIAL SYSTEM. BRENNAN
RUSSIA'S CENTRAL BANK FROM
DEFENDING THE RUSSIAN RUBBLE
MAKING FOOD AND 630 BILLION DOLLAR WAR FUND WORTH MUCH
DOLLAR WAR FUND WORTH MUCH
CHOPPY RUSSIA'S ACTIONS.
ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL
SHOP ITS ECONOMIC STRENGTH
THEN WEAKENED ITS MILITARY FOR
YEARS TO COME. I SAY TO THE
RUSSIAN OLIGARCHY, CROP
LEADERS WHO BUILT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF HIS VIOLENT
DOLLARS OFF HIS VIOLENT REGIME. NO MORE.
REGIME. NO MORE. CAN A TASK
FORCE TO GO AFTER THE CRIMES
OF THE RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS.
WE'RE JOINING WITH EUROPEAN
ALLIES TO FIND AND SEIZE
YACHTS AND LUXURY APARTMENTS.
THEIR PRIVATE JET. I'LL BE
GOTTEN GAINS. AND TONIGHT I'M
ANNOUNCING THAT WE WILL JOIN
OUR ALLIES IN CLOSING OFF
AMERICAN AIRSPACE TO ALL
RUSSIAN FLIGHTS.
♪
THE LAST 30% OF ITS VALUE.
RUSSIAN STOCK MARKET HAS LOST
40% OF ITS VALUE AND TRADING
REMAINS SUSPENDED. RUSSIAN
ECONOMY IS REALLY AND PUTTING
A LOAN. HE'S THE ONE TO BLAME.
WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO
UKRAINIANS AND THEIR FIGHT FOR
FREEDOM. MILITARY ASSISTANCE,
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE,
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. WE'RE
GETTING MORE THAN A BILLION
DOLLARS IN DIRECT ASSISTANCE
UKRAINE AND WILL CONTINUE TO
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AS THEY DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AND HELP.
DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AND HELP. THESE ARE SUFFERING.
THESE ARE SUFFERING. OUR
FORCES ARE NOT. ENGAGED AND
WILL NOT ENGAGE IN THE
CONFLICT WITH RUSSIAN FORCES
IN UKRAINE. OUR FORCES NOT
GOING TO EUROPE TO FIGHT
UKRAINE, BUT TO DEFEND OUR
NATO ALLIES. THE MEN TO PUTIN
DECIDES TO KEEP MOVING WEST.
FOR THAT PURPOSE. WE MOBILIZE
AMERICAN GROUND FORCES AIR
SQUADRONS SHIP DEPLOYMENTS TO
PROTECT NATO COUNTRIES,
INCLUDING POLAND ROMANIA,
LITHUANIA ESTONIA. AND AS I'VE
MADE CRYSTAL CLEAR. THE UNITED
STATES AND OUR ALLIES WILL
DEFEND EVERY INCH OF TERRITORY
THAT IS NATO
♪
UKRAINIANS ARE FIGHTING BACK
WITH YOUR COURAGE. BUT THE
NEXT FEW DAYS, WEEKS AND
MONTHS WILL BE THEM. PUT HIS
OWN LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND
CHAOS. BUT WHILE HE MAY MAKE
GAINS ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
HE'LL PAY CONTINUING HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE LONG RUN.
POUNDED UKRAINIAN PEOPLE,
PROUD PROUD PEOPLE POUND FOR
POUND READY A FIGHT WITH EVERY
INCH OF OUR ENERGY. THEY HAVE.
30 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE. HAVE
REPEATEDLY SHOWN AND THEY WILL
NOT TOLERATE ANYONE WHO TRIES
TO TAKE THEIR COUNTRY BACK. TO
ALL AMERICANS. I'LL BE HONEST
WITH YOU, AS ALWAYS. PROMISED
WOULD BE. A RUSSIAN DICTATOR
ROUGH INVADING A FOREIGN
COUNTRY HAS COST AROUND THE
WORLD. I'M TAKING ROBUST
ACTION TO MAKE SURE THE PAIN
OF OUR SANCTIONS TARGETING
THAT RUSSIAN ECONOMY.
>> AND THAT WE USE EVERY TOOL
AT OUR DISPOSAL TO PROTECT
AMERICAN BUSINESSES AND
CONSUMERS. I CAN ANNOUNCE
UNITED STATES HAS WORKED. WE
30 OTHER COUNTRIES TO RELEASE
60 MILLION BARRELS OF OIL FROM
RESERVES AROUND THE WORLD.
♪
FUTURE EU BUT ONLY RESERVE.
AND WE STAND READY TO DO MORE
IF NECESSARY. UNITED WITH OUR
ALLIES. THESE STEPS WILL HELP
BLUNT GAS PRICES HERE AT HOME.
BUT I KNOW NEWS ABOUT WHAT'S
HAPPENING CAN SEEM ALARMING
AND ALL AMERICANS. I WANT YOU
TO KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE OK,
WE'RE GOING TO BE OK WHEN THE
HISTORY OF THIS AIR IS WRITTEN
WAR IN UKRAINE. WILL OF LEFT FRESHER WEAKER AND THE REST OF
FRESHER WEAKER AND THE REST OF THE WORLD STRONGER.
THE WORLD STRONGER. TAKING
SOMETHING SO TERRIBLE FOR
PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO SEE
AT STAKE NOW EVERYONE SEES IT
CLEARLY. WE SEE THE UNITY
AMONG LEADERS OF NATIONS, A
MORE UNIFIED EUROPE, A MORE
UNIFIED WEST. WE SEE UNITY
AMONG THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERING
IN CITIES AND LARGE CROWDS
AROUND THE WORLD. EVEN IN
RUSSIA TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR
SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
AND THE BATTLE BETWEEN
DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY
DEMOCRACIES ARE RISING TO THE
MOMENT. AND THE WORLD IS
CLEARLY CHANGING THE SIGN OF
PEACE AND SECURITY. THIS IS
THE REAL TEST. IT'S GOING TO
TAKE TIME. CONTINUE TO DRAW
INSPIRATION FROM THE IRON WILL
OF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. OUR
FELLOW UKRAINIAN-AMERICANS
FORGE A DEEPER BOND THAT
CONNECTS OUR 2 NATIONS. WE
STAND WITH YOU. WE STAND WITH
YOU. A CIRCLE KIEV WITH TANKS,
NEVER GAIN THE HEARTS AND
SOULS OF THE IRANIAN PEOPLE.
>> HE'LL NEVER WILL NEVER
STAY. WE SURE LOVE OF FREEDOM.
AND HE WILL NEVER, NEVER WEAKEN THE RESOLVE. THE FREE
WEAKEN THE RESOLVE. THE FREE WORLD.
WORLD. AND AN AMERICAN WHO'S