War in Ukraine: for Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin “cannot stay in power”

Published on: 03/26/2022 – 20:05 US President Joe Biden spoke at the Royal Palace in Warsaw on Saturday. In this speech to the “free world”, he notably affirmed that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could not remain in power after having decided to invade Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said on Saturday March 26 in Warsaw that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin should not stay in power after launching the invasion in Ukraine. “For the love of God, this man cannot stay in power,” said Joe Biden, during a speech at the royal castle in Warsaw, in a particularly harsh tone with regard to Russian President Vladimir Putin. blanche clarified that Joe Biden, with these words, is not asking for regime change in Russia but believes that Vladimir “Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region”. Kremlin and Washington “He wasn’t talking about Putin’s power in Russia or about regime change,” a US presidential official said. Asked about it, a Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskova, replied: “It’s not up to Biden to decide. The president of Russia is elected by the Russians.”>> To read also: The use of cluster bombs, a war crime that can bring Russia before the ICC?Speaking directly to the Russians, he insisted that it is not the Russian people whom he regards as e enemy. “Let me say this if you are able to hear me – you, the Russian people, are not our enemy,” he said. “I refuse to believe that you welcome the murder of innocent children and grandparents or that you accept that hospitals, schools, maternities are pounded by missiles and Russian bombs. “This war is not not worthy of you””This war is not worthy of you, Russian people. Putin can and must put an end to this war”, hammered again the American president. But at the same time, he considered that the conflict was not going to not stop quickly. The battle “between democracy and autocracy” will “not be won in a few days or months. We must arm ourselves for a long fight ahead of us”, he warned, before assuring the Ukrainians: “We are on your side”.>> Read also: War in Ukraine: a minefield for Anonymous and hacktivismHe also reaffirmed that the United States did not wish to enter into conflict with the Russian forces which invaded Ukraine, but he issued a strong warning to Moscow: “Don’t even think about advancing an inch into NATO territory”. “This war is already a strategic failure for Russia”, added Joe Biden, who, applauded by some thousand people who attended his speech in front of the Royal Castle in Warsaw, immediately left for the airport, having to return to Washington in the night. With AFP