On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the invasion of Ukraine 2022 that resulted in a full -fledged war, may not have happened if Donald Trump had been president of the United States at that time.
President Trump has sometimes said that the war would not have damaged if he had been in the workplace in 2022, adding an article on Wednesday about Truth Social.
“I can only agree with him only if he had been president, if his victory had not been stolen in 2020, then possibly there would not have been the crisis in Ukraine that arose in 2022,” Putin said.
Newsweek contacted the White House and Kremlin’s email on Friday to comment.
Former President Joe Biden, best friend of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his combat against Putin’s invasion that began about 3 years ago.
During his presidential campaign of 2024, Trump criticized the billions of dollars that Biden’s management has spent on Ukraine and said that if he were at the negotiating table with Putin and Zelensky, the war between the two nations would end “within the 24 hours “.
Although there have been long-standing accusations of a close meeting between Trump and Putin, the U. S. president on Wednesday called on Putin to strike a deal to end the war with Ukraine or face more sanctions from the United States and its allies.
Trump has also said that he would like to talk to Putin, who would soon talk about finishing the war, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said Friday that the Russian leader “ready” to talk to Trump on the phone and is waiting for a reaction of Washington, direct current.
Trump said the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 would not have taken his position if he had been in office.
According to Independent Russian media, Meduza, Putin agreed with Trump on Friday while talking at Rossiya TV. He also touched the issue of verbal exchange with Trump.
“Russia has never refused contact with the U.S. administration. It wasn’t our fault that the previous administration refused those contacts. I’ve always had professional, yet pragmatic, and, I would say, trusting relations with the current U.S. president,” Putin said to Zarubin, per Meduza.
President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth social networks on Wednesday: “Come in this war, which would never have begun if I were president, we can do it in the simplest way or in the most difficult way, and the simplest way is better”.
The Republicans against Trump, a social media account that criticizes the president, wrote on X (previously Twitter) about Putin’s comments on Friday: “This is apparent through Putin to remember Trump that they are in the same team. “
You don’t know when Trump and Putin can speak. Meanwhile, Zelensky said on Tuesday that his government actively executes in the organization of an assembly with the US president.
Update 01/24/25 1:00 p. m. Y: This story has been updated to come with more information.
Jon Jackson is a News Editor at Newsweek based in New York. His focus is on reporting on the Ukraine and Russia war. Jon previously worked at The Week, the River Journal, Den of Geek and Maxim. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors in journalism and mass communication from New York University. Languages: English.