"We are dealing with a growing China and a weakening, but more and more aggressive Russia," Biden quotes Interfax-Ukraine.
At the same time, the politician urged to remember that when confronting with such countries, the West should not forget that we are also talking about “competition between different systems”.
In the fall of 2018, American leader Donald Trump declared that Russia "is acting aggressively" and "respects force."
In January 2017, Biden noted that the United States must resist Russian influence in Eastern Europe.