Biden appeared to accuse Putin of committing a ‘genocide’ in Ukraine : NPR

April 12, 2022

“Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away,” he said.

Asked later what made him use the word “genocide,” Biden replied, "Yes, I called it genocide. It has become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being — being able to be Ukrainian.

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    On the other hand, already more dead Palestinian civilian in Gaza than in Ukraine and 6 TIMES more dead Palestinian children than in Ukraine, all happened in less than 1 month versus 20 months in Ukraine, in a country with a population 20 times smaller than Ukraine’s, is clearly not a genocide.