Presidential candidate US Republican Donald Trump has revealed details of his last phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which took place on July 20.
This information was reported by FOXnews, URA-Inform reports.
Trump emphasized the need to end the war and hinted that Ukraine would not be able to defeat Russia.
«President Zelensky called me, and we had a good talk. And I said we have to end this war. This is a war machine. You are up against a war machine. That's what they do — they wage wars. They defeated Hitler. They defeated Napoleon. And the spring offensive never happened,» he said.
At the same time, Trump noted that the Russians have «millions of mines and thousands of army tanks.»
«A lot of Russians were killed, but a lot of Ukrainians were killed, too. It's a complete mess. It shouldn't have happened,» the 45th US president believes.
Trump also blamed the current US president for what was happening, citing two reasons why he believed Putin started the war.
«Biden should not have allowed this to happen. It was easy to stop. President Putin would never have done this, ever, for two reasons. Number one, oil prices were low. I kept them low. I kept gasoline prices low. As soon as the new government came in, oil went up almost $100 a barrel, twice what it should have been, and suddenly Russia had huge amounts of money that they didn’t have. And then I think one of the reasons Putin did this is because he saw Afghanistan, how we got out of it. Putin, Chinese President Xi, strong guys, strong people saw this, Trump said.
Recall that earlier it was reported that Trump and Harris have new ratings: the media have published the latest polls of Americans.