The White House has said that US President Joe Biden does not want Putin to end his rule in Russia.
According to news agencies AFP and Reuters, the White House statement came on Saturday after US President Joe Biden said in a speech that Vladimir Putin "could no longer stay in power."
The White House issued a statement minutes after Biden's remarks, saying "President Biden's position is that Putin should not be allowed to use force against countries and neighbors in the region."
The White House said in a statement that Biden was not talking about changing Putin's government in Russia.
The Kremlin, meanwhile, has denied the allegations in a statement issued Friday stating "Similar, baseless allegations concerning Russia's intelligence have been made more than once.
In response to a question from Reuters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "This is not Biden's decision. The Russian president is elected by the Russian people.
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Earlier in the day, US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "butcher" during talks with refugees fleeing Ukraine and arriving in the Polish capital.
President Biden said on Saturday that the West was united against Russia's invasion, but made it clear that NATO was a defense security alliance that had never sought Russia's downfall.
Biden addressed hundreds of elected Polish officials, students and US embassy officials at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. Many participants also held flags of the United States, Poland and Ukraine.
"The West is stronger today and more united than ever before," Biden said.
In his speech, Biden called the war against Russian President Vladimir Putin a "new war for independence" and said the world should be prepared for "a long war."
He warned Russia not to move even an inch towards the borders of NATO countries. If that happened then it would be a "sacred duty" on all members of the alliance to repel Russia.
