President Joe Biden on Monday, in his first public comments addressing the short-lived rebellion that unfolded this weekend against Russian military leaders and threatening the rule of President Vladimir Putin, insisted that the U.S.and its NATO allies were in no way involved. "They agreed with me that we had to make sure we gave Putin no excuse, let me emphasize, gave Putin no excuse to blame this on the West or to blame this on NATO," Biden said. Biden addresses Wagner Group uprising against Vladimir Putin. "We gave Putin no excuse to blame this on the West or to blame this on NATO. Biden says US, NATO allies 'not involved' in Russian rebellion threatening Putin originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News June 26, 2023 17:06 UTC