Vice President Kamala Harris said Sunday that she was supportive of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for his defiant speech Saturday to the Munich Security Conference.
Speaking to reporters at the site of the annual conference on international security, Harris said she understood the extremely difficult position that Ukraine’s leader is in, with Russian troops massed on his nation border amid expectations that President Vladimir Putin could order an invasion at any minute.
On Saturday, Zelenskyy told the conference: “We are going to protect our country with or without the support of our partners.” Ukraine’s president also called for immediate sanctions against Russia, but Harris reiterated the Biden administration’s position that sanctions had greater value if held back as a threat. She said America’s European allies shared that view.
Harris, who met directly with Ukraine’s president on Saturday, also backed President Joe Biden’s statement that he expects Russia will indeed invade Ukraine.Zelenskyy also made it clear he had no doubt where Putin stood.
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