Refinitiv Newscasts - Biden delivers remarks on Ukraine 1

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16/03/2022 19:14

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Description: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the assistance the
United States is providing to Ukraine; the Secretary of State, the Deputy
Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff attend.
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Video Transcript:

>> Is this a digital camera or whose camera? Is this a lobby camera? >>
[inaudible 00:12:09] >> You want to move it slightly? >> I don't know yet. >>
I don't want to mess up this. >> Well, what's the problem? >> The problem is I
can't find it over there for the [inaudible 00:12:20] . >> I'm looking at it
[inaudible 00:12:21] . >> No. I'm going to show you where I need to be so that
you know I need to be able to get here. >> All good. Let's do it backward
[inaudible 00:12:45] >> Because basically when you brought the others, that's
the right one. Do it one more time for me? >> One more time all the way there.
>> Yeah. >> [inaudible 00:13:36] >> Thank you. You know, 45. >> [inaudible
00:13:38] >> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 routine. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 routine. >> [inaudible
00:14:39] >> Thank you so much. Thank you. >> [inaudible 00:15:09] >> I don't
want to keep it low level of the desk. >> Yeah. >> [inaudible 00:16:12] >> Go
ahead. They're going to put up a camera. How's that? Is that good right there?
Thank you. >> [inaudible 00:16:19] >> It seems like now they're targeting
[inaudible 00:16:37] >> [inaudible 00:16:39] >> I used to spend so much money
on banners like for every investment. >> The last one I did was [inaudible
00:18:02] No, because he's right next to it. >>  BACKGROUND  >> So are you
still set up at the bar? Do you want to go again? I thought [inaudible
00:39:13].  BACKGROUND  >> [inaudible 00:39:14]. What did you say?  LAUGHTER 
>> Off the record. [inaudible 00:41:28] >> Good afternoon, I want to begin by
thanking president Zelenskyy for his passionate message this morning. I listen
to it in a private residence and it was convincing and significant speech. He
speaks for a people who have shown remarkable courage and strength in the face
of brutal aggression. Courage and strength that's inspired not only Ukrainians
but the entire world. Putin is inflicting a poling devastation and horror on
Ukraine. Bombing apartment buildings, maternity wards, hospitals. It's got off
I was speaking about this with our commander behind me here, General Milley,
it just as amazing. Yesterday, we saw reports that Russian forces were holding
hundreds of doctors and patients hostage. And the largest hospital and
Marriott pole. These are atrocities. They're an outrage in the world. And the
world is united in our support for Ukraine and our determination to make Putin
pay a very heavy price. America is leading this effort, together with our
allies and partners, providing enormous levels of security and humanitarian
assistance that we're adding to today and we're going to continue to do more
in the days and weeks ahead. We're crippling Putin's economy with punishing
sanctions. That's going to only grow more painful over time with the entire
NATO and EU behind us and many other countries. What's at stake here are the
principles that the United States and the United Nations across the world
stand for it. It's about freedom. It's about the right of people to determine
their own future. It's about making sure Ukraine never will never be a victory
for Putin, no matter what advances he makes on the battlefield. The American
people are answering President Zelenskyy's call for more help, more weapons to
Ukraine, to defend themselves more tools to fight Russian aggression. That's
what we're doing. In fact, we started our assistance to Ukraine before this
war began. As they started to do exercises along the Ukrainian border, the
Russians started in March of last year. We took the threat of Putin invading
very seriously. We acted on it. We sent Ukraine more security systems last
year, $650 million in weapons, including anti-air and anti-armor equipment
before the invasion, more than we had ever provided before. So when the
invasion began, they already had in their hands the kinds of weapons they
needed to counter Russian advances. Once the war started, we immediately
rushed 350 million in additional aid to further address their needs. Hundreds
of anti-air systems, thousands of anti-tank weapons, transport helicopters,
arm patrol boats, and other high mobility vehicles. Radar systems that help
track incoming artillery and unmanned drones, secure communications equipment
and tactical gear, satellite imagery, and an analysis capacity. And it's
clearly helped Ukraine inflict dramatic losses on Russian forces. On Saturday,
my administration authorized another $200 million to keep a steady flow of
weapons and ammunition moving to Ukraine. Now I'm once again using my
presidential authority to activate an additional security system to continue
to help Ukraine fend off Russia's assault. Additional $800 million in
assistance. That brings the total of new US security systems to Ukraine to $1
billion just this week. These are the large, these are direct transfers of
equipment from our Department of Defense to the Ukrainian military to help
them as they fight against this invasion. I thank the Congress for
appropriating these funds. This new package on its own is going to provide
unprecedented assistance to Ukraine. It includes 800 anti-aircraft systems. To
make sure the Ukrainian military can continue to stop the planes and
helicopters that have been attacking their people and to defend Ukrainian
airspace. And at the request of President Zelenskyy, we have identified and
are helping Ukraine acquire additional longer-range anti-aircraft systems and
ammunitions for those systems. New assistance package also includes 9,000
anti-armor systems. These are portable, high-accuracy shoulder-mounted
missiles that Ukrainian forces have been using with great effect to destroy
invading tanks and armored vehicles. It'll include 7,000 small arms, machine
guns, shotguns, and grenade launchers to crypt Ukrainians, including the brave
women and men who are defending their cities as civilians and they're on the
countryside as well. And as well as the ammunition artillery and mortar rounds
to go with small arms, 20 million rounds in total, 20 million rounds. This
will include drones, which demonstrates our commitment to sending our most
cutting-edge systems to Ukraine for its defense. We're not doing this alone.
Our allies and partners have stepped up to provide significant shipments of
security assistance and will continue to help facilitate these deliveries as
well. The United States and our allies and partners are fully committed to
surgery, weapons of assistance to the Ukrainians and more will be coming as we
source additional stocks of equipment that we're ready to transfer. Now, I
want to be honest with you. This could be a long and difficult battle but the
American people will be steadfast in our support of the people of Ukraine, in
the face of Putin's immoral, unethical attacks on civilian populations. We are
united in our abhorrence of Putin's depraved onslaught. And we're going to
continue to have their backs as they fight for their freedom, their democracy,
their very survival. We're going to give Ukraine, the arms to fight and defend
themselves through all the difficult days ahead. We're going to continue to
mobilize humanitarian relief to support people within Ukraine and those who
have been forced to flee Ukraine. And just the past few weeks, we've provided
$300 million of humanitarian assistance to the people in Ukraine and the
neighboring countries. Tens of thousands of tons of food, water, medicine, and
other basic supplies to support the people in need. Our experts on the ground
in Poland and Moldova and other neighboring countries are there to make
real-time assessments of the rapidly evolving crisis to get urgent need of
humanitarian supplies to the people in need when they need it. And we will
support Ukraine's economy with direct financial assistance as well. And
together with our allies and partners, we will keep up the pressure on Putin's
crumbling economy, Isolating him on the global stage. That's our goal. Make
Putin pay the price, weaken his position while strengthening the hand of
Ukrainians on the battlefield at the negotiating table. Together with our
allies and partners, we're going to stay the course and we'll do everything we
can to push for and end this tragic unnecessary war. This is struggled with
pitch, the appetites of an autocrat against humankind's desire to be free and
let there be no doubt, no uncertainty, no question, America stands with the
forces of freedom. We always have, we always will. Thank you all and God bless
you. And I'm going to walk over and sign this bill that allow the drawdown of
those materials. And may God protect young Ukrainians that are out there
defending their country. What I'm signing here is delegation of authority
under Section 506(a)(1) for foreign assistance at 1961 [inaudible 00:54:14] a
total of $800 million [inaudible 00:54:19]. >> Mr. President, what will it
take for you to send Polish [inaudible 00:54:32] the President Zelenskyy is
asking for? >> I'm going to comment on that right now, I'm not going to
comment [inaudible 00:54:39] I've told you today. Thank you. >> Mr. President,
quickly, you did just say Putin is going after maternity wards, hospitals. Are
you ready to call him the world criminal?