Biden calls Putin a pariah as Ukraine conflict drags on

President Biden on Wednesday mentioned it’s “hard to tell” if Russian President Vladimir Putin has been weakened by a current Wagner revolt, however asserted the Kremlin chief is a pariah on the worldwide stage.

Mr. Biden weighed in on Mr. Putin days after the chief of the Wagner mercenary group turned in opposition to his Russian bosses in a weekend revolt — solely to name off his troops and flee to Belarus in return for amnesty.

Mr. Biden mentioned he’s unsure what the revolt means for Mr. Putin’s standing, at one level misstating the nation that Russia invaded in February 2022.

“It’s hard to tell, but he is clearly losing the war in Iraq,” Mr. Biden mentioned, presumably that means Ukraine. “He’s losing the war at home and he has become a bit of a pariah around the world.”

Mr. Biden mentioned he was briefed “hour by hour” on the Wagner revolt, which compelled Mr. Putin to present a public deal with, days later, by which he decried the potential bloodshed and insisted his nation is unified.