US President Donald Trump has declared that Ukraine has suffered a military defeat. He may have confused Ukraine with Iran when he spoke of a military defeat.
He stated this to journalists after a conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, a correspondent for Suspilny reports.
The US president was asked which war would end first: in Ukraine or in Iran.
“Which war will end first? I don't know. Maybe they're on a similar schedule. I think Ukraine, militarily, was defeated, okay? Remember, you wouldn't know that from reading fake news. But militarily, look, this is their fleet. They had 159 ships. Every ship is underwater now. That's usually pretty good,” Trump said.
Judging by the context of Trump's response to journalists' questions, he probably confused Ukraine and Iran when declaring a military defeat.
The US president also said he had a long conversation with Putin and suggested a “small ceasefire.” Putin “might do it” and “might announce something related to that,” he said.
Trump said that he believed Putin had been ready to make a deal for a long time, but “some people made it difficult for him to make a deal.”