US president Joe Biden on Friday made a starting revelation at a Democratic fundraiser in Washington amid the Ukraine war. The war-torn country’s president – ahead of the Russia assault – did not want to hear that Moscow was preparing to invade, he said.
“Nothing like this has happened since World War II. I know a lot of people thought I was maybe exaggerating. But I knew we had data to sustain he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) was going to go in, off the border, ” the US president was quoted as saying in reports.
“There was no doubt. And (Ukraine president Volodymyr) Zelensky didn’t want to hear it.”
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US lifts Covid-19 test requirement for international travel
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