Trump: "Putin lied to me"
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with ABC News that he believes Vladimir Putin wants to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
During the interview, the journalist recalled Trump's previous comments - he called Putin's recent missile attacks on Ukraine "unnerving and unprovoked."
Trump also said at the time that Putin "maybe doesn't want to stop the war, but is just deceiving me." Therefore, the journalist openly asked the US president: "Did Putin deceive you?"
Trump responded, "Yeah, maybe he's fooling me a little bit. But I think he wants to stop the war."
The White House leader also emphasized that Putin's original goal was to occupy all of Ukraine.
In addition, Trump said that the weak policies of US President Joe Biden were the reason for Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine.
For your information, the city of Kharkiv was attacked by drones last night. According to the Emergency Situations Service, strikes were directed at several areas of the city. As a result, 10 fires broke out in the city .
One of the drones crashed near a medical facility, while another crashed into a multi-story residential building.
According to an official statement issued this morning by the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, a total of 45 people were injured in the attack.
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