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John Dunne

Biden defends ‘Putin cannot remain in power’ comment

Joe Biden on a visit to Poland

(Picture: Getty Images)

Joe Biden has defended his unscripted remarks during a speech in Poland, in which he said Russia’s Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” by saying he was not calling for regime change but expressing his “moral outrage”.

The US President emphasised that the brutality of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, prompted his remarks but that there was no strategy to depose the Russian leader.

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