Russia-Ukraine (March 27): German Chancellor Clarifies Biden’s Comment About Regime Change in Russia

Visitors stand outside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine June 2, 2019. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

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German Chancellor Clarifies Biden’s Comment About Regime Change in Russia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that neither NATO nor President Joe Biden aim to bring about regime change in Russia.

Biden said of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a speech on Saturday that “this man cannot remain in power.” The White House and other U.S. officials rushed to clarify that Biden wasn’t actually calling for Putin to be toppled.