Biden says he ‘doesn’t back down’ on saying Putin can’t stay in power

The president of United States, Joe Bidenrefused this Monday to retract having said that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin“cannot remain in power”, because he claims that he was expressing “personal indignation” and not “a policy” in favor of regime change.

“I don’t take it back at all (…) I want to make it clear that I was neither then nor now articulating a change in policy. I was expressing the moral outrage I feel, I make no apologies for my personal feelings.” he told reporters at the White House.

Several leaders and independent analysts considered that the comment made by Biden in Warsaw at the end of a three-day diplomatic tour, it was a blunder.

“For God’s sake, this man cannot stay in power!” had stated.

Biden said he is not worried about escalating tensions with Putin after the statements. “He was speaking to the Russian people, telling them what we thought.” “I don’t care what he thinks,” she added.

“This is a guy who’s on his own and the idea that he’s going to do something heinous that I called him out for … is not rational.”

The Ukrainian government claims that up to 10,000 people may have died since the beginning of the invasion of Putin more than a month ago.

Russian strikes near kyiv have cut power to more than 80,000 homes, despite Moscow apparently saying it was shifting its war aims to focus on eastern Ukraine.

But Biden He left the door open, saying a meeting with Putin would depend “on what he wants to talk about,” about “if there is something to meet about … that can end this war and rebuild Ukraine.”

Source: Elcomercio

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