“Putin butcher”: Macron disapproves of Biden’s remarks

He wouldn’t go as far as the US president, he said. Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday that he “would not use” the terms of Joe Biden, who called Vladimir Putin a “butcher”, believing that it was not necessary to be “in the escalation of either words or actions in the war in Ukraine.
“I will not use this kind of remark because I continue to discuss with President Putin”, declared Emmanuel Macron.

The presidential candidate, interviewed on France 3, also indicated that he would speak to the Russian president “tomorrow or the day after tomorrow” to organize an evacuation operation from the city of Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine, which must be “done as soon as possible”.
New humanitarian corridors were organized on Sunday to allow the evacuation of civilians from this strategic Ukrainian port located on the Sea of ​​Azov, where more than 2,000 civilians were killed, according to the municipality. Several attempts to establish safe routes for civilians to leave the city have failed, with both sides accusing each other of ceasefire violations.
Quickly nuanced remarks
These negotiations should be conducted in a tense context between Moscow and Washington. In Warsaw on Saturday, President Joe Biden compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to “a butcher”, and claimed he could “not stay in power”.
The attack was badly received by the Kremlin. His spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, called on President Biden to remain “thoughtful” in his remarks. “Every time, personal insults like this reduce the scope of possibilities for our bilateral relations with the current American government,” he said.

President Biden’s statements were immediately tempered by the White House. “What the President meant was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or over the region,” she wanted to qualify. “He wasn’t talking about Putin’s power in Russia, or about regime change,” she added.