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Biden To Reaffirm U.S. Support For Ukraine, Putin Pushes Back, Section 230

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Biden will speak in Poland on Tuesday. He will make the case that the war in Ukraine is a battle for democracy against authoritarianism. Russian President Vladimir Putin in a speech just hours earlier described the war in Ukraine as an existential struggle against Western forces. What's next as the war enters its second year? And the Supreme Court hears a challenge to the legal immunity of social media companies. It's hard to sue them under a law known as Section 230.

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0:00.0

A day after visiting Kiev, President Biden makes a case for continued support for Ukraine

0:07.4

and its battle against Russia.

0:09.0

He'll give that address in Warsaw today and you're the same place he spoke almost a year

0:13.0

ago.

0:14.0

Then the war had just begun.

0:15.0

I'm Steve Innskeap with Leyla Faddle and this is up first from NPR News.

0:21.0

On this day when Biden is speaking in Poland, Russia's President Vladimir Putin spoke

0:25.1

to his nation and estimated 143,000 Russian soldiers have been killed over the past year

0:32.0

so what is next for Russia as another year of war begins.

0:35.8

And the Supreme Court hears a challenge to the legal immunity of social media companies.

0:40.7

It's hard to sue them under a law known as Section 230.

0:43.8

Now parents claim social media played a role in their daughter's death so stay with us,

0:48.4

we'll give you the news you need to start your day.

1:00.5

Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a joint session of Russia's parliament in a

1:05.1

closely watched state of the Union type speech today in Moscow.

1:09.5

The address comes just days before the one year anniversary of the start of Russia's

1:14.1

war in Ukraine and just hours before President Biden makes his own remarks about the war

1:19.4

from nearby Poland.

1:21.0

And PR's Charles Mainz is in Moscow following along and joins us now.

1:24.5

Good morning Charles.

1:25.9

Good morning.

1:26.9

Okay so this was a really anticipated speech.

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