Aktual Indonesia - From his Kyiv bunker, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky beseeched Joe Biden for a strong State of the Union message. The US President delivered -- declaring Russia's invasion as the first unifying battle in democracy's new duel with tyranny.
Biden delivered a stirring rallying cry for the free world on Tuesday night as new explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital where Zelensky is hunkered down, fighting off a feared Russian onslaught alongside civilians who have taken up arms.
Biden's address -- and an almost unheard of show of unity across Congress' bitter divides -- was also a choreographed statement of resolve to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has jolted the world with nuclear saber rattling and unleashed the biggest European land war since World War II.
"In the battle between democracy and autocracies, democracies are rising to the moment and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security -- this is the real test," Biden said, but warned of a long struggle ahead, adding: "It's going to take time."
Biden's framing of the Ukraine conflict as the beginning of an epochal struggle for freedoms threatened by dictators underscored one of the key themes of his presidency. It also almost exactly paralleled the pleas of Zelensky -- who has emerged as an iconic global figure as he vows to defend his country.P
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