Biden says ‘they will not let me’ cross into Ukraine on European trip

President Biden in a briefing in Warsaw, Poland, lamented that “they won’t let me” cross the border into Ukraine throughout his journey to Europe amid Russia’s struggle on the nation.

Biden, showing with Polish President Andrzej Duda on Friday, stated he was there to see the humanitarian disaster “first hand.”

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“A part of my disappointment is that I can’t see it first hand like I’ve in different places,” Biden stated Friday.

“They won’t let me, understandably, I assume, cross the border and try what’s happening in Ukraine,” Biden stated.

It’s unclear who Biden was referring to, however the president is probably going not touring into Ukraine on account of safety causes.

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Earlier this month, prime ministers Mateusz Moravetsky of Poland, Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic and Janez Jansa of Slovenia traveled to Kyiv to satisfy with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.

President Biden visits with members of the 82nd Airborne Division on the G2A Enviornment, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland. 
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In the meantime, Biden thanked humanitarian help staff for his or her work to assist in the “struggling that’s going down” at their “doorstep.”

“You’re those in danger,” Biden stated. “In some circumstances, your lives, and risking all, you already know, to attempt to assist, and the American individuals are proud to help your efforts.” 

Poland has been instantly impacted by the Ukraine-Russia struggle, having taken in additional than 2 million of Ukraine’s 3 million refugees. Poland additionally homes U.S. troops.

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The White Home stated this week that the U.S. will welcome as much as 100,000 Ukrainians and others in search of to flee from Russia‘s invasion and can impose new sanctions on Russian people and firms. 

President Biden speaks to members of the 82nd Airborne Division on the G2A Enviornment, Friday, March 25, 2022, in Jasionka, Poland. 
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In line with senior administration officers, the Biden administration is wanting into a number of strategies for these fleeing Ukraine to enter the U.S., together with the refugee admissions program, in addition to parole and immigrant and nonimmigrant visas.

Biden stated Friday that the “single most vital factor” that the U.S. and NATO allies can do is “maintain democracies united in our opposition and our effort to curtail the devastation that’s occurring by the hands of a person, I, fairly frankly, suppose is a struggle legal.”

“I feel he’ll meet the authorized definition of that as nicely,” Biden stated.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week started formally calling the actions by sure members of Russia’s forces in Ukraine “struggle crimes.”

Blinken’s feedback come almost per week after he and Biden stated they personally consider that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a struggle legal.

“At this time, I can announce that, based mostly on data presently out there, the U.S. authorities assesses that members of Russia’s forces have dedicated struggle crimes in Ukraine,” a press release from Blinken learn. “Since launching his unprovoked and unjust struggle of alternative, Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed unrelenting violence that has prompted dying and destruction throughout Ukraine.”

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He stated on Wednesday that the U.S. authorities evaluation of struggle crimes being dedicated comes after a “cautious evaluate” of knowledge from public and intelligence sources, stating that the US would proceed to trace experiences of struggle crimes.

Blinken additionally stated that the State Division has seen credible experiences of “indiscriminate assaults” by Russian forces towards Ukrainians, including that they’ve destroyed faculties, hospitals, important infrastructure, condominium buildings and extra.

He stated that many of those areas struck by Russian forces are “clearly identifiable” as being utilized by civilians.

He cited the strike on a Mariupol theater on March 16, stating that it was clearly marked with the Russian phrase for “kids.”

“This contains the Mariupol maternity hospital, because the UN Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights expressly famous in a March 11 report. It additionally features a strike that hit a Mariupol theater, clearly marked with the phrase ‘дети’ — Russian for ‘kids’ — in enormous letters seen from the sky,” Blinken stated.

Because the starting of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights estimates that 977 individuals have been killed and 1,594 have been injured, however that quantity is probably going considerably greater on account of unconfirmed deaths and accidents.

Fox Information’ Adam Sabes contributed to this report.