Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Macron distances himself from Biden's Putin words

Created: 03/27/2022, 13:48

Still no agreement in the Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Biden provokes Putin.

Macron keeps his distance.

News ticker.

• Escalated

  Ukraine conflict

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  : Joe Biden* outraged the Kremlin with his words - Emmanuel Macron distanced himself.

• The French President wants to speak to Vladimir Putin again soon.

• This

  news ticker on the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in the war

  is continuously updated.

  More on the background of the Ukraine crisis* here.

Kyiv/Moscow – US President Joe Biden is not squeamish when it comes to words to Russian President Vladimir Putin*.

He recently called him a "butcher" and a "war criminal".

France's head of state Emmanuel Macron* has now distanced himself from the choice of words by the US President.

He would not use the term "butcher," Macron said on Sunday (March 27).

It is important to prevent "an escalation of words and actions" in the Ukraine war.

Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Biden outraged Kremlin - White House provides explanation

During his visit to Poland on Saturday, Biden called Putin a "butcher" in view of the suffering of the Ukrainian civilian population and also said that he could not remain in power.

This caused confusion.

The White House then declared that Biden was not seeking “regime change” in Moscow.

Rather, the US President wanted to say "that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region."

Joe Biden, President of the United States, delivers a speech at the Royal Castle in Warsaw on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

© Evan Vucci/dpa

Ukraine-Russia talks: Blinken stresses importance of Biden's words to Putin

The Kremlin was outraged by the statement.

Prominent Russian foreign policymaker Konstantin Kosachev said Biden made "worse than crimes" statements and mistakes with "frightening regularity."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Biden does not decide who is president of Russia.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized on Sunday that the United States is not seeking a change of power in Russia.

At a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Jair Lapid in Jerusalem, Blinken said the point was that Kremlin chief Putin "cannot be authorized to wage war against Ukraine or any other country."

Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Macron will soon speak to Putin again

Macron also said on Sunday that he would speak to Putin "tomorrow or the day after" to organize an evacuation operation for people in the port city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by Russian troops.

This must now be done very quickly.

You can read more about the current results of the Ukraine war here.