Vice President Joe Biden took a hard stand against Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a speech at the Brookings Institution Wednesday, saying the situation in Ukraine is a “humanitarian tragedy created by Russian aggression.”
“Helping Ukraine against Russian aggression is critical to checking further aggression down the road,” the vice president told an audience at the Washington think-tank.
Biden’s comments did not directly contradict those of Secretary of State John Kerry, who met with his Russian counterpart in Sochi earlier this month, but Biden did strike a tougher tone in dealing with the Russian government.
Kerry dangled the prospect of sanctions relief based …read more
Source: European Voice
