White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt confirmed that US President Donald Trump, during a conversation with Volodymyr Zelensky, asked him about Ukraine’s potential ability to strike Moscow and St. Petersburg.
She told this to the American publication Newsweek, Ukrinform reports.
“President Trump was merely asking a question, not encouraging further killing. He’s working tirelessly to stop the killing and end this war,” Leavitt said.
She was commenting on earlier reports in the Financial Times and The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, that Trump had encouraged Zelensky to strike deep inside Russia to increase pressure on Putin.
According to the FT, Trump allegedly wanted to “make them feel the pain” and force Russia into peace talks. Zelensky, according to the WP, said that Ukraine could strike cities if the US provided weapons.
The White House confirmed the conversation but denied that President Trump encouraged new strikes.
“The Financial Times is notorious for taking words wildly out of context to get clicks because their paper is dying,” Leavitt said in this regard.
As reported by Ukrinform, on Monday, the US president and NATO secretary general announced that the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance had reached an agreement to provide Ukraine with billions of dollars in military aid.
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Source: White House confirms Trump and Zelensky discussed possible strikes on Moscow
