One month before the war, the 79-year-old president suggested that Russia would have little to do with a “small invasion.” Mr Biden suggested last week that NATO would respond “in kind” if the Kremlin developed chemical weapons. He also called Putin a “war criminal” after he hastily changed his mind during a conversation with a journalist. At the weekend, he told US troops in Poland that they would witness the bravery of Ukrainian soldiers “when you are there” – forcing the White House to make it clear quickly that US troops were not being sent to the border. Reprimanding his US counterpart, Mr Macron, the French president said on Sunday: “I think we have to do everything we can to prevent the situation from escalating. “I would not use such words because I am still in talks with President Putin.” Macron said the “collective goal” was to end the war “without escalating things”. He said his job as French president was not to seek regime change, but to “follow the diplomatic path to achieve a ceasefire first and then a complete withdrawal of troops”.
Mistakes “three, four times a day”
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken rebuffed his president at a news conference in Jerusalem. In this case, as in any case, it depends on the people of that country. It’s in the hands of the Russian people. ” The US envoy to NATO said Mr Biden was “emotionally charged” after hearing the “heroic stories” of Ukrainian refugees in Poland who had fled the “violent Russian war”. Julian Smith told CNN: “Right now, I think it was a human reaction to principles in the stories she had heard that day. But no … the US has no regime change policy in Russia. Perfect.” A Downing Street spokesman said the regime change was not a policy pursued by Boris Johnson and echoed Nahim Zahawi’s earlier comments. “I think the Russian people are deciding how to govern,” he said in a televised interview. “I think the Russian people will decide the fate of Putin and his comrades.” Trump, who is expected to run for president in 2024, said his successor was in danger of challenging Putin to use nuclear weapons. “When you put him in a corner and you talk like they talk, they almost motivate him,” said Biden’s predecessor. A Kremlin spokesman said last week that Russia could use nuclear weapons if faced with an “existential threat,” with analysts noting that Putin increasingly sees himself as the embodiment of the Russian state. Trump said Biden was forced to apologize “three, four times a day” for the blunders, adding: “We have people who do not know what they are doing. And it is the most dangerous period in the history of our country, in my opinion “. Biden’s apparent call for regime change seemed to reinforce Moscow’s determination to support Putin. “This is how a weak and sick person behaves – psychiatrists can better explain his behavior. American citizens should be ashamed of their president,” said Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament. In the United States, it was acknowledged that Mr Biden had made a serious mistake. Richard Haas, the US diplomat who heads the Foreign Relations Council, wrote on Twitter:
