NEW YORK — President Joe Biden condemned Russia for its “brutal,” “needless” war in Ukraine during his United Nations General Assembly address, imploring allies and partners to rally around the Ukrainian cause as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatens nuclear conflict.

“A permanent member of the U.N. Security Council invaded its neighbor, attempted to erase a sovereign state from the map,” Biden told the U.N. Wednesday. “Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations charter.”

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