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Joe Biden: “Putin thought he'd take Kyiv in three days. Three years…”

Featuring: Joe Biden, Democrat | Former President of the United States | National

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President Joe Biden's 2024 DNC Remarks: History Is In Your Hands

Published | Video Starts at 35:45

10 days before he died, Henry Kissinger called and said, not since, not since Napoleon has Europe not looked over the shoulder at Russia with dread. Until now. Until now. Well, guess what? Putin thought he'd take Kyiv in three days. Three years later, Ukraine is still free. When I came to office, the conventional wisdom was that China would inevitably surpass the United States. They haven't noticed. No one's saying that now. (35:45–35:52)

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Asserts that Ukraine remains free three years after Russia's initial invasion attempt.

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