“Without the theft of Trump's election, there would have been no crisis in Ukraine” (Putin)
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he might not have invaded Ukraine if Trump had been re-elected US president in 2020.
Mr. Putin made the statement on Russian public television. After declaring his readiness to talk with Donald Trump, he returned to the previous US presidential election.
“If victory had not been stolen from him (Donald Trump, ed.) in 2020, the Ukrainian crisis that erupted in 2022 might never have happened,” Mr. Putin said.
(MH with FM with PP/Source: DS, Guardian/Illustration picture: Unsplash)