The United States has no strategy for regime change in Russia: Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Israel
after yesterday Joe Biden said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power"
.
"I think the president and the White House just pointed out last night that Putin cannot have the power to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else," he said after the House last night. Bianca had spelled out Biden's words.
"As you have heard us say repeatedly, we have no strategy for regime change in Moscow."
Ukraine, Biden in Warsaw: 'Putin cannot stay in power'
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron said that he "would not use" the definition of "butcher" in relation to Vladimir Putin, used for the Russian president by the American Joe Biden.
Macron added that
there should be no "escalation of words or actions"
regarding the war in Ukraine.
The French president has made it known that "tomorrow or the day after" he will speak on the phone with Putin to organize an evacuation of civilians from the city of Mariupol.