Biden says Putin has fired or placed some advisers on house arrest

The president of United States, Joe Bidenaffirmed this Thursday that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinhas fired or placed under house arrest some of his advisers, who according to US intelligence were hiding from him the truth about the war in Ukraine.

Speaking to the press at the White House, Biden I affirm that Putin “it seems that he has decided to isolate himself” and added that there are “indications that he has fired or placed under house arrest some of his advisers”.

However, he said he “doesn’t want to make too much of this” because the US lacks “hard evidence” on the matter.

Washington released reports from its intelligence agencies on Wednesday that suggest that Putin has felt deceived by his advisers because they are giving him “misinformation” about the evolution of the war in Ukraine and the effect of sanctions on the Russian economy. .

According to the US intelligence community, Putin was unaware that his military had been suffering heavy losses on the battlefield.

In addition, at a press conference on Wednesday, the White House Communications Director, Kate Bedingfield, stated that Putin’s advisers were “afraid to tell him the truth.”

The Biden administration has been making public information from its intelligence services about Russia and Ukraine even before the Russian invasion began on February 24.

The US made that decision before the invasion because it was trying to stop Putin and, in this case, the goal is to show that the war in Ukraine has been a “strategic mistake that has left Russia weaker in the long run.” and increasingly isolated on the world stage,” said Bedingfield.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has generated at least four million refugees, according to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Source: Elcomercio

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