Trump “ does not encourage to kill ” by questioning Ukraine on strikes, says the White House
President Donald Trump “simply asked a question” when he asked the Ukrainian president if the country could strike Moscow, says the White House.
Citing anonymous sources, the Financial Times reported that Trump on July 4 had encouraged Ukraine to increase strikes on Russia if the United States provided long-range weapons.
But Trump “simply asked a question, without encouraging more murder. He worked tirelessly to stop murder and put an end to the war,” the White House told the BBC in a statement.
Trump announced on Monday that he would send weapons to Ukraine and warn more prices on Russia if the country was not concluded a cease-fire contract with Ukraine in 50 days.
The president said that the United States would impose 100% secondary prices targeting the remaining business partners of Russia if a peace agreement with Ukraine was not concluded in this calendar.
Among the weapons involved in the last agreement, Trump said that “everything”, including defensive patriotic missiles, although the exact details are not yet known.
Answering journalists’ questions Trump on Tuesday, said Ukrainian President Vlodomyr Zelensky should not target Moscow with strikes and said he was not willing to give long -range missiles to the country.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said the United States, Europe and Ukraine were still working on the details of the agreed weapons in the agreement.
In recent weeks, Russia has increased its drone and missile attacks in Ukraine, killing more than 230 civilians in June, according to the United Nations – the greatest number killed in a month in the three years of war.
Trump’s question in Zelensky to find out if the country could strike Moscow one day came after a “bad” call between the American president and Putin, according to the Financial Times.
“Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? … Can you also hit St. Petersburg?” Trump asked for a separate call with Zelensky afterwards, reported the point of sale.
Ukraine has reached Ukraine has struck several targets deep in Russia this year with missiles provided by the United States and the United Kingdom.
Since his return to the White House in January, Trump has undertaken to end the Russian war in Ukraine.
But the promise turned out to be more complicated than expected, and Trump has become more and more frustrated by the Russian chief and the lack of progress in the end of the conflict.
Trump on Monday told the BBC that he was “disappointed” by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “But I’m not done with him,” he added.
Trump also said that he was “working” to make Putin to end death in Ukraine.
“We are going to have a good conversation. I’ll say,” It’s good, I think we are about to do so “, then it will send a building to kyiv.”
Two cycles of ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine took place earlier this year, but no other meeting has been planned.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Trump’s commitment to raising prices on Tuesday and sending weapons to Ukraine had been considered “not as a peace signal but as a signal to continue the war”.
