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- Putin and Biden delivered starkly different speeches as the Ukraine war approaches the one-year mark.
- Biden touted Ukraine's resilience and framed the war as a fight for freedom and democracy.
- Meanwhile, Putin reiterated false claims about Ukraine being led by neo-Nazis.
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered starkly different addresses on Tuesday as the war in Ukraine approaches the one-year mark, highlighting how far apart the two world leaders are on the largest military conflict in Europe since World War II.
Biden touted Kyiv's resilience in the face of an unprovoked Russian invasion just hours after Putin ranted about neo-Nazis and suggested Moscow would abandon a key nuclear arms control treaty.