US President Joe Biden wants to put pressure on Moscow because of the invasion of Ukraine. That is why she has agreed with the leaders of Germany (Olaf Scholz), France (Emmanuel Macron), Italy (Mario Draghi) and the United Kingdom (Boris Johnson) to proceed.rising costs for Russia“.
In a video conference, key Western leaders “reaffirmed their determination to continue increasing the cost to Russia of its brutal attacks in Ukraine and to continue providing security support to Ukraine,” the White House confirmed in a statement.
In addition, the five leaders have stepped up their “humanitarian aid efforts” for those affected by the war, including refugees who have fled to neighboring countries and people who remain in Ukraine.
Referring to energy, he also emphasized “the importance of maintain stable markets“, after the price increase as a result of the offensive of the Russian land, a leading supplier of oil and gas.
“Putin cannot stay in power”
A few days ago, Biden warned that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin could not stay in power. Following the uproar over his remarks about the Russian president, Biden clarified that he was merely expressing his “moral outrage” at the harm Moscow is doing to the Ukrainian people.
“The whole point is that I expressed the moral outrage I felt. Neither then nor now have I advocated a change in policy,” he stressed.
Wagner mercenaries arrive in Ukraine
According to British intelligence, a group of Russian mercenaries of the Wagner group They advanced as far as eastern Ukraine. The UK Ministry of Defense has detailed that this group would consist of more than 1,000 combatants, including “responsible for organizing to conduct combat operations”.
In fact, the paramilitary organization has been sanctioned by the European Union for “serious violations of human rights,” including “torture, executions and extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary killings.”