Biden Says Putin May Have Put Some Advisors "Under House Arrest"
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Joe Biden also said he was "skeptical" about Moscow's claim to be scaling back its onslaught in parts of the country.
US President Joe Biden said Thursday that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be "isolated" and could have placed some of his advisors under "house arrest."
In his first public remarks on Western assessments about Kremlin tensions over the war in Ukraine, Biden also said he was "skeptical" about Moscow's claim to be scaling back its onslaught in parts of the country.
"He seems to be self-isolated and there's some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers," Biden told reporters when asked about British and US intelligence statements that Putin is not getting proper information from staff about difficulties in Ukraine.
Biden tempered his remarks, saying "there's a lot of speculation" and he did not want to "put too much stock in that."
