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US President Joe Biden said "I make no apologies" for calling for Vladimir Putin's removal, but claimed he was expressing "moral outrage" rather than a new US policy as he defended his off-the-cuff remark.

The US President said: "I'm not walking anything back. I was expressing the moral outrage I felt at the way Putin is dealing, and the actions of this man, just the brutality of it.”

Mr Biden said “no one” believed the US intended to take down the Russian President, and claimed his comments, made in Poland on Saturday, were directed at the Russian people.

Mr Biden’s comments have been widely criticised by the international community amid fears that further antagonising Putin could hinder the success of any future peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

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