总统先生，这是坚定的决心乔·拜登周二，就在俄罗斯野蛮入侵波兰一周年的前几天，他在波兰华沙向全世界发表了讲话乌克兰。
“一年前，全世界都在为基辅的陷落做准备，”拜登在波兰总统府和数千人面前发表夜间讲话时说。“嗯，我刚刚访问了基辅，我可以报告说，基辅仍然很强大。基辅很自豪。它高高耸立。最重要的是，它是免费的。”
“当普京总统命令他的坦克开进乌克兰时，他认为我们会翻车。他错了。乌克兰人民太勇敢了。美国，欧洲，一个从大西洋到太平洋的国家联盟，我们太统一了。民主太强大了，”拜登说，并点名抨击俄罗斯总统。
“普京总统今天面临着一些一年前他认为不可能的事情，”他继续说道。“世界上的民主国家越来越强大，而不是越来越弱，但世界上的独裁者越来越弱，而不是越来越强——因为在巨大的动荡和不确定性的时刻，知道你的立场是最重要的，知道谁站在你这边会有所不同。”
“独裁者的胃口是无法安抚的;他们必须反对。独裁者只懂一个词，“不!””拜登说。不不不你不能带走我的国家。不，你不能剥夺我的自由。不，你不能夺走我的未来。"
拜登说，普京“不再怀疑我们联盟的力量”，但“仍然怀疑我们的信念。”
“他怀疑我们的持久力。他怀疑我们是否会继续支持乌克兰。他怀疑北约能否保持统一。但毫无疑问，我们对乌克兰的支持不会动摇，”他说。北约不会分裂，我们也不会疲倦。普京总统对土地和权力的怯懦欲望将会失败。乌克兰人民对自己国家的热爱将会占上风。今天、明天和永远，世界上的民主国家将捍卫自由。因为这就是——这就是这里的利害所在:自由。"
大约20分钟后，拜登结束时说，世界正处于“拐点”，“我们在未来五年左右做出的决定将决定和塑造我们未来几十年的生活。”
“虽然现在由我们来做决定，但原则和利害关系是永恒的。在混乱和稳定之间，在建设和毁灭之间，在希望和恐惧之间，在提升人类精神的民主和摧毁它的独裁者的残暴之手之间做出选择。
国家安全与总统同行的顾问杰克·沙利文说，预计演讲中会出现“老古董乔·拜登”。
拜登发表讲话的几个小时前，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京在俄罗斯议会发表讲话，宣布俄罗斯将停止参加与美国签署的新的《削减战略武器条约》(START)，这是两国之间仅存的最后一项主要军备控制协议。
普京表示，俄罗斯暂时不会退出该条约，而是暂停该条约，称乌克兰的战争意味着不可能按照条约的约定允许美国检查员访问俄罗斯的核设施。
国务卿安东尼·布林肯对希腊的声明做出回应，他告诉记者这个决定“非常不幸和不负责任，但我们会密切关注。”
普京在他的讲话中没有直接提到拜登，尽管拜登在他的讲话中多次点名抨击普京，沙利文早些时候强调，拜登的讲话不应被视为对普京的回应。沙利文说，选择日期和时间是为了配合战争一周年，并补充说，拜登甚至提前了他此行的正常国情咨文时间表。
他说:“我们没有把这次演讲安排成某种面对面的交流，这不是与任何人的修辞竞赛。”。“这是一份肯定的价值观声明，是我们都在努力建设和捍卫的世界应该是什么样子的愿景。”
周二早些时候，拜登在华沙会见了波兰总统安杰伊·杜达，讨论了华盛顿和华沙在援助基辅方面的合作，特别是波兰作为向乌克兰提供军事和财政援助的重要中转站的作用。杜达公开感谢拜登访乌。
拜登周一出人意料地访问了基辅，这是美国总统首次进入没有美国军事存在的战区，他在那里亲眼目睹了俄罗斯入侵乌克兰造成的一些破坏。
在那里，拜登告诉乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)，美国将支持乌克兰“只要它需要”
据随行记者报道，拜登周日晚间首先抵达波兰，然后前往乌克兰，与泽伦斯基进行大约五个小时的访问。
“一年后，基辅站起来，乌克兰站起来。周一，拜登在乌克兰领导人旁边说道。“美国人民与你们站在一起，世界与你们站在一起。”
周五是俄罗斯入侵乌克兰一周年纪念日。
Biden speaks in Poland after surprise trip to Ukraine: 'Kyiv stands strong'
In a forceful show of resolve, President Joe Biden addressed the world on Tuesday from Warsaw, Poland, just days ahead of the one-year mark of Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine.
"One year ago, the world was bracing for the fall of Kyiv," Biden said in nighttime remarks in front of the Polish Presidential Palace and a crowd of thousands. "Well, I have just come from a visit to Kyiv, and I can report that Kyiv stands strong. Kyiv stands proud. It stands tall. And most importantly, it stands free."
"When President Putin ordered his tanks to roll in Ukraine he thought we would roll over. He was wrong. The Ukrainian people are too brave. America, Europe, a coalition of nations for the Atlantic to the Pacific, we were too unified. Democracy was too strong," Biden said, blasting the Russian president by name.
"President Putin is confronted with something today that he didn't think was possible a year ago," he continued. "The democracies of the world have grown stronger, not weaker, but the autocrats of the world have grown weaker, and not stronger -- because in the moments of great upheaval and uncertainty, knowing what you stand for is most important, and knowing who stands with you makes all of the difference."
"Appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased; they must be opposed. Autocrats only understand one word, 'No!'" Biden said. "'No, no, no. You will not take my country. No, you will not take my freedom. No, you will not take my future.'"
Biden said Putin "no longer doubts the strength of our coalition" but "still doubts our conviction."
"He doubts our staying power. He doubts our continued support for Ukraine. He doubts whether NATO can remain unified. But there should be no doubt our support for Ukraine will not waver," he said. NATO will not be divided, and we will not tire," he added. "President Putin's craven lust for land and power will fail. And the Ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail. Democracies in the world will stand guard over freedom today, tomorrow and forever. For that's what it's -- that's what's at stake here: Freedom."
After about 20 minutes, Biden closed by saying the world was at "an inflection point" and that "the decisions we make over the next five years or so will determine and shape our lives for decades to come."
"And while decisions are ours to make now, the principles and the stakes are eternal. The choice between chaos and stability, between building and destroying between hope and fear, between democracy lifting up the human spirit -- and the brutal hand of the dictator who crushes it," he said.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan, traveling with the president, said to expect "vintage Joe Biden" in the speech.
Biden's speech came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed Russia's parliament, announcing the country would stop participating in the New START nuclear arms treaty with the U.S., the last remaining major arms control agreement between the two countries.
Putin said that Russia is not withdrawing from the treaty for now, but is suspending it, saying the war in Ukraine means it is not possible to allow American inspectors to visit Russian nuclear sites as agreed under the treaty.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken, reacting to the announcement in Greece, told reporters the decision was "really unfortunate and very irresponsible, but we'll be watching closely."
Putin did not mention Biden directly in his remarks, and though Biden repeatedly blasted Putin by name in his, Sullivan stressed earlier that Biden's speech shouldn't be seen as a response to Putin. Sullivan said the date and time were selected to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the war, adding that Biden even moved up his normal State of the Union timeframe for the trip.
"We did not set the speech up as some kind of head to head, this is not a rhetorical contest with anyone else," he said. "This is an affirmative statement of values, a vision for what the world we're both trying to build and defend should look like."
In Warsaw, Biden met earlier with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Tuesday to discuss cooperation between Washington and Warsaw to aid Kyiv, particularly over Poland's role as a key staging ground for military and financial aid flowing to Ukraine. Duda publicly thanked Biden for visiting Ukraine.
Biden made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday, marking the first time an American president entered a warzone with no active U.S. military presence, where he saw first-hand some of the devastation caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
There, Biden told Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that the U.S. would support Ukraine for "as long as it takes."
PHOTO: President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walk next to Saint Michael's cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2023.
President Joe Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy walk next to Saint Michael's cathedral, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 20, 2023.
Gleb Garanich/Reuters
Biden first landed in Poland late Sunday, according to reporters traveling with him, then set off for to Ukraine for his roughly five-hour visit with Zelenskyy.
"One year later, Kyiv stands and Ukraine stands. Democracy stands," Biden said alongside Ukraine's leader on Monday. "The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you."
The one-year mark of Russia's invasion of Ukraine falls on Friday.
