Biden made the "most severe condemnation" to Putin: unforgivable!
[Global Network Report] According to CNN and the British Guardian, US President Biden made the "most severe condemnation" of Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday (16th) local time, claiming to describe the Russian president as a "war criminal" for the first time. In response, the Kremlin quickly responded, calling it "unforgivable remarks."
CNN said that the change of Biden’s government’s attitude occurred after Ukrainian President Zelensky made a speech to the US Congress via video on 16th. Earlier, US officials, including President Biden, avoided using the term "war crime" to describe Russia’s actions in Ukraine on the grounds that the United States is still investigating whether such words can be used to describe it.
According to the report, a few hours after Zelensky’s speech, Biden also delivered a personal speech. However, Biden applied this word to Russian leaders at an event unrelated to the above-mentioned things on the 16th.
According to reports, at that time, Biden was first asked by reporters around him whether he thought Putin was a war criminal. He initially responded by saying "no". But he quickly returned to the reporter and asked again to confirm the question. The reporter asked again, and Biden gave a positive reply: "I think he is a war criminal."
Regarding Biden’s remarks, The Guardian quoted the Tass news agency as saying that the Kremlin responded quickly, calling it "unforgivable remarks". Peskov, a spokesman for Kegong, said Biden’s remarks against Putin were "unacceptable and unforgivable", Tass news agency said.
Recently, after the United States and the West announced successive sanctions against Russia, according to a report quoted by the Tass news agency on the 15th by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia announced on the same day that it would impose sanctions on US politicians and individuals such as US President Biden. The report said that the Russian list of personal sanctions against the US included 13 people. In addition to Biden, US Secretary of State Blinken, Secretary of Defense Austin and others were also included in the sanctions list.