US President Joe Biden has confirmed that his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, “did not want” to hear US warnings before Russia invaded his country.
“A lot of people thought I was exaggerating,” Biden said at a fundraiser for the Democratic Party in Los Angeles when he spoke of Russia’s pre-invasion of Ukraine.
“But I knew we had information. Russian President Vladimir Putin was on his way across the border. There was no doubt and Zelensky did not want to hear it,” he told reporters.
The United States had long warned of Russia’s readiness to attack its neighbor long before the Russian president announced a “special operation” against Ukraine on February 24. The US warnings were met with skepticism and sparked covert criticism from some European allies.
Source: Lebanon Debate
