Biden calls for solidarity with Ukraine at D-Day anniversary ceremony near the beaches of Normandy

By Zeke Miller And Chris Megerian, The Associated Press on June 6, 2024.

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) – President Joe Biden marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday by saying “we will not walk away” from the defense of Ukraine and allow Russia to threaten more of Europe.

“To surrender to bullies, to bow down to dictators, is simply unthinkable,” he said during a ceremony at the American cemetery in Normandy. “If we were to do that, it means we’d be forgetting what happened here on these hallowed beaches.”

D-Day was the largest amphibious assault in history, and Biden called it a “powerful illustration of how alliances, real alliances make us stronger.”

He said that was “a lesson that I pray we Americans never forget.”

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