Indeed, as the Russian military closes in on Kyiv, Biden will be hard-pressed to argue that the state of the union is anything but in peril.

Biden and his advisers had hoped to use this moment to reboot his stalled domestic agenda. Instead, the situation in Ukraine has forced the West Wing to rewrite significant partitions of his speech.

Biden is expected to use his address to respond to criticism that he didn’t act quickly enough to stop Russian President VLADIMIR PUTIN. He’ll emphasize his work to build an international coalition to counter Russia, as well as imposing crippling sanctions.