Biden: "Putin has lost" Ukraine | Biden | Putin
According to Agence France Presse, US President Biden said on July 13th that Russian President Putin has lost the Ukraine conflict and expressed hope that Kiev's counterattack can force Moscow to sit at the negotiating table.
According to reports, as Russia launches a new strike and a new round of "nuclear war clamor," Biden said Putin has no possibility of using nuclear weapons and insisted that the war will not be delayed for several years.
Biden also took advantage of his visit to Finland, the latest member of NATO, to promise that Ukraine will one day join NATO, despite NATO leaders not giving Kiev a timetable at a critical summit this week.
"Putin has already lost this war," Biden said at a press conference with Finnish President Sholi Niinisto. "He cannot win the Ukraine war."
The report pointed out that NATO leaders had previously broken Ukrainian leader Zelensky's hope for a clear timetable for Ukraine's accession to NATO. They stated at this week's Vilnius summit that invitations will only be made if the conditions are met.
Biden said that no country can become a member of NATO during wartime, and Ukraine's joining now would mean "World War III," but he insisted that Kiev would one day join the organization.
According to reports, Putin said on the 13th that if Ukraine is accepted by NATO, it will "overall make the world more fragile" and exacerbate global tensions.
Meanwhile, senior Ukrainian military officials say they have received controversial cluster ammunition promised by the United States.
According to reports, Moscow also stated that it will consider F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine as a "nuclear" threat because they have the ability to carry atomic bombs. This indicates its anger towards Western support for Kiev.
"Russia cannot ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons. In this regard, any guarantee is of no use," said Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov.
But Biden downplayed Russia's latest round of nuclear rhetoric. "I don't think there is a real possibility that Putin will use nuclear weapons."