Biden on Russia's Putin: 'This Man Cannot Remain in Power'
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that Russia's leader Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power" in a fiery speech pushing the world's democracies to unite to support Ukraine, though the White House later said Biden was not calling for regime change in Moscow. "For God's sake, this man cannot remain in power," Biden told a crowd in Warsaw after condemning Putin's month-long war in Ukraine as an assault on global freedom and security. The comments sharply escalated conflict between Moscow and the West over its invasion of Ukraine. But a White House official said the remarks did not represent a shift in Washington's policy that it is not seeking regime change in Russia. Still, they came on a day of escalating rhetoric as Biden also described branded Putin a "butcher" during a meeting with refugees who have fled the war in Ukraine to the Polish capital. "The President’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power ov