Russia trying to wipe out Ukraine culture, identity, Biden tells Naval Academy grads
May 27 (UPI) -- President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that Russia President Vladimir Putin not only is trying to take over Ukraine, but also wipe out the culture and identity of the Ukrainian people.
During a commencement address to graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Biden raised his voice when he said that Russia was "attacking schools, nurseries, hospitals, museums, with no other purpose than to eliminate a culture ... a direct assault on the fundamental tenets of rules-based international order. "
"That's what you are graduating into," he told the 2022 graduating class of some 1,100 midshipmen.
"You're graduating at an inflection point, not only in American history but in world history," Biden said. "The challenges we face, the choices we make, are more consequential than ever.
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