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U.S. President Biden is making tough remarks every day towards Russian President Putin.
Yesterday (17th), after calling Putin a 'war criminal', today he criticized him by calling him a 'thug'.
President Biden is scheduled to hold a phone meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping tonight, our time, and directly warn him not to help Russia.
Correspondent Kim Jong-won of New York.
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U.S. President Biden, who called Russian President Putin a 'war criminal' for the first time yesterday, continued his criticism with strong expressions today.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: (Putin) is a murderous dictator who is waging an unethical war against the Ukrainian people and is a thug itself.
European countries, such as Ireland and England, are making great sacrifices to prevent this war.]
President Biden evaluated this war as a historical inflection point where the dictatorship and democracy collide, and the continuation of democracy will be decided. He also mentioned a phone conversation with the president.
[Joe Biden/President of the United States: President Xi Jinping has once told me that he does not believe that democracy can be sustained in the 21st century because everything changes so quickly.]
The US State Department said that President Biden had a phone call with President Xi Jinping .
He said he would send a warning message directly at the meeting.
[Tony Blincoln/Secretary of State: President Biden and President Xi Jinping are scheduled to hold a phone meeting tomorrow (18th).
The United States will make it clear that China will bear a great responsibility if it helps Russia invade, and that the United States will not hesitate to let China pay the price.]
The UN Security Council today held a meeting on human rights in Ukraine He called for Putin's withdrawal.
[Linda Thomas-Greenfield/US Ambassador to the United Nations: President Putin, stop killing.
Remove all Russian troops from Ukraine forever.]
Meanwhile, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bill that would remove Russia's most-favored-nation status.