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White House: Biden Was Not Discussing Regime Change in Russia in His Speech in Poland

© REUTERS / EVELYN HOCKSTEINU.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Royal Castle, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the Royal Castle, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.03.2022
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During his much-advertised "major" speech in Poland, the American president praised Ukraine's fight against Russian troops carrying out a special military operation on its territory and called on the West to prepare for a long confrontation between democracies with "autocracies".
US President Joe Biden did not call for regime change in Russia during his speech in Warsaw on 26 March, a White House official has stated after POTUS said that "this man cannot remain in power", referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia, or regime change", the official said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, cited by Reuters, responded to Biden's words, noting that it was not up to the US president to decide who the president of Russia is.
"That's not for Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by Russians", Peskov said.
A significant part of Biden's speech in Poland was dedicated to the situation in Ukraine, which the West claims was "invaded" by Russia. President Vladimir Putin ordered the launch of a special military operation in Ukraine on 24 February in response to a request from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) to defend them against Ukrainian forces shelling their cities. Putin stated that the goals of the operation are the demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine.
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