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Biden: "Too Early To Say Where Russia Situation Is Going"

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US President Joe Biden has given his first public remarks on the insurrection by Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner Group.

  • Biden says he directed his national security team to "monitor closely and report" to him "hour by hour," and prepare for a "range of scenarios."
  • Biden says he agreed with allies to "give Putin no excuse to blame this on the West or NATO."
  • Biden: "We made clear we were not involved. We had nothing to do with it. This was part of a struggle within the Russian system."
  • Biden says he told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that "no matter what happened in Russia," the US would continue to support Ukraine.
  • Biden says "it is still to early to reach a definitive conclusion about where this is going. The ultimate outcome of all this remains to be seen."
  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CBS yesterday that the insurrection "...was a direct challenge to Putin’s authority... We do know that Putin has a lot more to answer for in the weeks and months ahead.”
  • For more see the MNI Political Risk team's analysis of events: LINK

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