
U.S. President Joe Biden has described Vladimir Putin as a butcher during a meeting with Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
Biden made the comment during a meeting at the national stadium in Warsaw, on a visit to show support for Poland on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, during which he also met with members of the Ukrainian government.
A reporter asked the president "You're dealing with Vladimir Putin every day, look what he's done to these people. What do you think?"
"He's a butcher," Biden replied before leaving.
At the time Biden made these comments, Vladimir Putin was bombing Lviv, ukraine's western city, near the border with Poland.
Volodymyr Kachinsky, 24, was working at a restaurant near the western city area hit by rocket attacks on Saturday afternoon.
"I had never heard anything like it. I can only imagine what's going on in the east," he told the BBC.
He says he still thinks Lviv was a safe city.