Russia violated the UN Charter by invading Ukraine, US President Joseph Biden said.
"A permanent member of the UN Security Council has invaded its neighboring country. Russia has shamelessly violated the foundations of the UN Charter, which clearly prohibits the conquest of a neighboring country," Biden said in a speech at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday.
The West did not threaten Russia and, on the contrary, sought to prevent the situation from escalating, he said.
"No one threatened Russia, no one sought a conflict with it," he said at the UN General Assembly. Speaking about the Ukrainian crisis, Biden emphasized that the United States "tried to prevent escalation."
He confirmed that the US has no intention of recognizing the results of the referendums in Donbas and the occupied parts of the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. He called such referendums a violation of international norms.