
Biden's State of the Union sends potent messages to Zelensky and Putin
CNN
From his Kyiv bunker, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky beseeched Joe Biden for a strong State of the Union message. The US President delivered -- declaring Russia's invasion as the first unifying battle in democracy's new duel with tyranny.
Biden delivered a stirring rallying cry for the free world on Tuesday night as new explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital where Zelensky is hunkered down, fighting off a feared Russian onslaught alongside civilians who have taken up arms.
Biden's address -- and an almost unheard of show of unity across Congress' bitter divides -- was also a choreographed statement of resolve to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has jolted the world with nuclear saber rattling and unleashed the biggest European land war since World War II.

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