Secretary of State Antony Blinken clarified the U.S. is not seeking regime change in Russia.
The clarification comes a day after President Biden said during a speech in Warsaw, Poland, that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot remain in power.”
Blinken said during a news conference in Jerusalem that Biden’s point was “Putin cannot be empowered to wage war or engage in aggression against Ukraine or anyone else.”
“We do not have a strategy of regime change in Russia, or anywhere else for that matter,” the top U.S. official added.
And: “In this case, as in any case, it’s up to the people of the country in question. It’s up to the Russian people."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
