Ukraine 'shouldn't target' Moscow: Trump
said Tuesday that Ukraine should not target
Moscow
, after a report that the US president had encouraged President Volodymyr
Zelensky
to hit the Russian capital.
The Financial Times reported that Trump had brought up a potential counteroffensive with Zelensky and even asked his Ukrainian counterpart whether he could hit Moscow, if Washington provided long-range weapons.
Asked by reporters at the White House if Zelensky should target Moscow, Trump replied that "he shouldn't."
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