US President Joe Biden said Tuesday he believes his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is a normally rational actor who badly misjudged his prospects of occupying Ukraine.
Biden spoke out in a rare televised interview as his administration looks for what he has described as an "off-ramp" for Putin to deescalate his invasion of Ukraine before he resorts to weapons of mass destruction.
Putin's state of mind has been the subject of much debate after the Russian president suffered a series of recent military set-backs in the invasion, which he launched in February. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday his troops had recaptured nearly 965 square miles in the counter-offensive that began late last month.
Zelensky told the G7 "millions of people would be grateful" for help fending off attacks from the sky, and he warned Russia "still has room for further escalation." UN countries are debating a resolution introduced to the General Assembly by Ukraine, which the West hopes will demonstrate the isolation of Putin's Russia on the international stage, with a vote likely on Wednesday or Thursday.
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