According to the AFP agency, Biden was asked what he thought of Putin “given what he had done to the Ukrainian people.” The US head replied very stoically and indiscriminately, “He’s a butcher.”
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So the head of the White House certainly did not hold back, despite the fact that his meeting with Ukrainian refugees at the Polish National Stadium was broadcast live on several television stations.
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Russian President’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded to Biden’s insult almost immediately. “After all, the public prosecutor should maintain justice,” he said, according to TASS. “Similar personal insults narrow the window of opportunity for our bilateral relations under the current administration. We must be aware of that, “the spokesman emphasized.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin
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An unflattering dictionary before the war
With his unflattering statement about the Russian president, Biden irritated Moscow last year when she called Putin a “killer.” It was in March 2021 – a time when few people thought that Russia would actually attack Ukraine. The interview was broadcast on ABC News at the time.
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After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden called the head of the Kremlin a “war criminal”, a “bloodthirsty dictator” or a “thug” in his speeches.
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On Saturday, Biden also told his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda that the fifth article of the North Atlantic Treaty on Collective Defense was a sacred commitment. The head of the White House also praised Poland for taking much of the responsibility for dealing with the refugee crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
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