One year after Russian invasion, Condoleezza Rice warns against saying 'time is on the Ukrainian side'

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice connected Sunday warned that 1 twelvemonth aft Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nan U.S. and its friends request to get distant from nan building "time is connected nan Ukrainian side" because Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to judge otherwise.

Rice, who served nether erstwhile President George W. Bush, made nan remarks connected CBS’s "Face nan Nation" while speaking astir really nan Biden management "sometimes seem[ed] to beryllium a small spot behind" successful providing Ukrainian troops pinch nan basal training and instrumentality to proceed fending disconnected Russia.

"But to nan grade that [training and equipment] tin beryllium accelerated, I deliberation it will thief because I deliberation we person to get distant from nan building clip is connected nan Ukrainian side. I would beryllium observant astir that," Rice said. 

"Vladimir Putin seems to judge that clip is not connected nan Ukrainian side," she continued. "He believes if he throws successful nan Russian measurement of war, wide astatine nan problem, mediocre boys from Dagestan who are conscionable benignant of cannon fodder, if he engages successful violent activities against nan Ukrainian population, he'll deterioration nan Ukrainians down, he’ll deterioration america down, he’ll deterioration nan Europeans down. I don't deliberation that's right. But we person to do everything that we tin to person him that it is so wrong."

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice believes nan U.S. and its friends must do everything they tin to person Putin that his strategy is wrong. (John W. McDonough /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians person died since Russia invaded connected Feb. 24, 2022. The toll continued to turn connected nan one-year anniversary connected Friday, according to Ukraine’s statesmanlike office, which said that Russian shelling killed different 3 civilians and wounded 19 others.

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The Biden administration declared its solidarity pinch Ukraine connected Friday, piling sweeping caller sanctions connected Moscow and approving a new $2 cardinal weapons package to re-arm Kyiv a twelvemonth aft Russia’s invasion.

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The package includes much ammunition, physics warfare discovery instrumentality and different weapons to antagonistic Russia’s unmanned systems, and respective types of drones including nan upgraded Switchblade 600 Kamikaze onslaught drone.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.