'Biden needs to get his act together': Tearful Ukrainian-born GOP Rep. tells President the 'blood of Ukrainians will be on his hands' if he doesn't do more, civilians are being 'slaughtered like animals' and calls Putin's invasion 'genocide'
- Ukrainian-American GOP Rep. Victoria Spartz said Biden 'needs to get his act together' to stop the 'genocide' against Ukrainian people
- The Russian attack continues to displaces thousands of Ukrainian children and families in a war that takes aim at civilians and military alike
- Spartz, 43, was born in Nosivika, a city outside of Kyiv, in 1978 while Ukraine was still under Soviet rule
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in a video address to the UN Human Rights Council that U.S. nuclear capabilities need to be removed from Europe
- 'It is unacceptable for us that U.S. nuclear weapons still remain in a number of European states,' he warned in the pre-recorded message
- Diplomats and ambassadors walked out during Lavrov's address
- The warning comes as Biden prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night
- He is expected to take credit for the global response to Russia invading Ukraine
- Congress is also set to pass a bill next week sending $10 billion in humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine
Ukrainian-American Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz on Tuesday called on Joe Biden to do more to exercise power against Russia during the 'genocide' in Ukraine and warned he could also have the 'blood' of civilians on his hands.
'This president needs to get his act together and exercise his leadership,' Spartz said as Russia continued closing in on Kyiv and President Biden continued preparations for his first State of the Union tonight.
During a press conference called 'State of the Union in Crisis', Spartz, a Republican from Indiana, said Russians are 'slaughtering' people in Ukraine 'like animals.' She was born in Nosivika, a city 73 miles to the East of Kyiv, in 1978 while Ukraine was still under Soviet rule and emigrated to the U.S. in 2000.
'This is not a war, this is a genocide of the Ukrainian people by a crazy man,' the tearful representative insisted while flanked by members of her party.
Spartz, 43, told Biden that if he doesn't do more to address the crisis in Eastern Europe, the blood of innocent Ukrainians will be on his hands.
She demanded that Biden send more weapons to Ukraine as Congress prepares to pass an omnibus bill next week that would include sending up to $10 billion in more military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Putin's war is targeting civilians and continues to take a terrible toll on Ukraine 's youngest and most vulnerable as 16 children have died and 45 were wounded since last Thursday, with the death toll expected to rise as the assault continues Tuesday.
Russia issued a stark warning to America on Tuesday not to build up or maintain nuclear capacities or military facilities in former Soviet bloc nations as the U.S. and other NATO partner nations sent troops to Eastern Europe amid invasion.
Ukrainian-American GOP Representative Victoria Spartz (pictured) said Joe Biden 'needs to get his act together and exercise his leadership' against Russia to stop the 'genocide' against Ukrainian people
Russia continued its assault on Ukraine Tuesday as the conflict displaces thousands of children in a war that takes aim at civilians and military alike
Spartz walks hand-in-hand with GOP Representatives Elise Stefanik (left) and Stephanie Bice (right) following a press conference dubbed 'State of the Union in Crisis'
Moscow's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said U.S. nuclear weapons should have already been returned to American soil from European states like Romania and Poland.
'It is unacceptable for us that U.S. nuclear weapons still remain in a number of European states in contradiction to the basic points of the Non-Proliferation Treaty,' he was quoted by TASS as saying during a video address Tuesday to the Geneva conference on disarmament.
'The bad practice of joint nuclear missions with the participation of non-nuclear NATO states continues. During such missions, the use of nuclear weapons against Russia is being practiced,' Lavrov continued. 'U.S. nuclear weapons must have long been returned home, and the corresponding infrastructure in Europe must have long been eliminated.'
President Biden is poised, according to The New York Times, to take credit during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night for the sweeping global sanctions that hit Russia following its full-scale invasion into Ukraine last week.
His address was supposed to focus on his domestic agenda, especially after he failed to get through Congress his Build Back Better plan, but with the waging conflict between Russia and Ukraine, priorities have shifted.
Smoke rises around Kyiv's main television tower after several explosions near the base of it on Tuesday afternoon
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (on screen) said during a video address to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday that U.S. nuclear capabilities need to be removed from European countries
Diplomats and ambassadors walked out as Lavrov's pre-recorded message played and said: 'It is unacceptable for us that U.S. nuclear weapons still remain in a number of European states in contradiction to the basic points of the Non-Proliferation Treaty'
The warning comes as Biden (left) prepares to deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday night and take credit for the massive global response to Russia invading Ukraine. Biden also said Monday that Americans should not fear nuclear war with Russia after Putin (right) put his country's nuclear forces on high alert
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