President Biden addressed the Wagner Group's revolt against Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime for the first time on Monday, saying the top priority for the U.S. and NATO was to establish that they had "nothing to do with it.

Biden says he asked for hour-by-updates on the situation throughout the weekend, in addition to holding virtual meetings with key allies.

"They agreed with me that we had to make sure…we gave Putin no excuse to blame this on the West, to blame this on NATO. We made clear that we were not involved. We had nothing to do with it. This was part of a struggle within Russian system," Biden said.

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President Biden says the U.S. and NATO worked to establish that they had "nothing to do" with the Wagner Group's rebellion against Russian military officials this weekend.{ai:summary}<p>President Biden addressed the Wagner Group's revolt against Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime, saying the top priority for the U.S. and NATO was to establish they had "nothing to do with it." Biden held virtual meetings with key allies to ensure Putin had no excuse to blame the West or NATO for the situation. #foreignaffairs</p>

Biden makes first public comments on Wagner revolt in Russia: 'We had nothing to do with it'

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