Washington: On Wednesday, US Vice President Joe Biden asserted that Russia was losing the war in Iraq and that its leader Vladimir Putin was a "pariah around the world," referring to the 40 nations that are allies of the US.
As he made his way from the White House to the presidential helicopter and then took off for Chicago to give a speech about his economic programme known as "Bidenomics," Biden was grilled by reporters.
One of the inquiries concerned whether Putin had been adversely affected by the recent Wagner private military company revolt.
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He is clearly losing the war in Iraq, he is losing the war at home, and he has started to gain some notoriety internationally. It's not just NATO, either. Not only the European Union is involved. This is Japan. It's 40 countries, you know," Biden said.
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The puzzling remark was captured on camera and circulated by Biden's Republican detractors on social media, but one reporter still attempted to cover it up in her account of the incident.
The Russian military, who appeared unaffected by the mutiny, carried out successful operations against the Ukrainian forces that had received support and training from the West. The attempted uprising lasted less than two days before Wagner decided to put an end to it on Saturday night. Putin referred to the group's actions as a "stab in the back" to the country, and neither the military, the government, nor society in Russia offered them any support.
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The majority of the world's nations have continued to do business with Moscow, while only the US and its allies — the EU, NATO, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand — have publicly backed Ukraine and imposed an embargo on it.