Biden says Russia's Putin has resorted to brutalizing Ukrainians

FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Biden delivers remarks on the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve at the White House in Washington
FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Joe Biden, with Senior Advisor for Energy Security Amos Hochstein, delivers remarks on the national Strategic Petroleum Reserve form the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, U.S. October 19, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "in an incredibly difficult position" and is resorting to brutalizing Ukrainian citizens.

"I think Vladimir Putin finds himself in an incredibly difficult position and what it reflects to me is it seems his only tool available to him is to brutalize individual citizens in Ukraine to try to intimidate them into capitulating," Biden told reporters at the White House.

Reporting by Nandita Bose and Andrea Shalal; Writing by Katharine Jackson; Editing by Caitlin Webber

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