JERUSALEM — President Biden’s biting comments calling Vladimir Putin a “dictator” who “cannot remain in power” have drawn the world’s attention, including a warning from French President Emmanuel Macron about escalating rhetoric, even as the White House sought to clarify the remarks.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed that there is no U.S. “strategy of regime change in Russia” and that Biden’s point was that Putin “cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else.”
Macron warned against an “escalation of words and actions,” adding that he wouldn’t “use those kinds of terms” as he continues to communicate with Putin.
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister praised Biden’s overall message from Warsaw, saying it was “important to have the sense of an international leadership and understanding of the tragedy which is happening.”
Hours before Biden’s speech, two powerful rockets struck Lviv, a western Ukrainian city that has been mostly spared from attacks. Russia confirmed that it had struck what it said were military targets.
The statement posted on the agency’s Telegram page comes after President Volodymyr Zelensky participated in an interview with Russian journalists — posting the discussion to his own Telegram channel on Sunday.
Roskomnadzor referred to outlets, “including those that are foreign media outlets, carrying out the functions of foreign agents,” that participated in the interview. It said it had begun to...
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