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Biden vows Russia won’t ‘get away with’ Ukraine annexation

People gather during celebrations marking the incorporation of regions of Ukraine to join Russia in Red Square with the Kremlin Wall and the Historical Museum in the background in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums." (Maksim Blinov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, alongside Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, right, and the head of Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council of Ukraine) Ruslan Stefanchuk, holds an application for ''accelerated accession to NATO'' in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Sept. 30, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP) President Joe Biden speaks about the ongoing federal response efforts for Hurricane Ian from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden speaks about Russia from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) From left, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Denis Pushilin, leader of self-proclaimed of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic pose for a photo during a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums." (Dmitry Astakhov, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) From left, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the Donetsk People's Republic and Leonid Pasechnik, leader of self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, Moscow-appointed head of Kherson Region Vladimir Saldo, Moscow-appointed head of Zaporizhzhia region Yevgeny Balitsky, and Artem Vladimirovich Zhoga, commander of the Sparta Battalion of Donetsk People's Republic separatist force listen to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a ceremony in the Kremlin to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums". (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Government Pool Photo via AP) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys) People watch on a large screen, as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his speech after a ceremony to sign the treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia in the Moscow's Kremlin, during a meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. The signing of the treaties making the four regions part of Russia follows the completion of the Kremlin-orchestrated "referendums." (AP Photo)
Biden vows Russia won’t ‘get away with’ Ukraine annexation