Russia has managed to influence some people in the team of the White House Head, Donald Trump, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says in an interview with Time, APA reports.
According to Zelenskyy, after the suspension of intelligence-sharing, Vladimir Putin told Trump that Ukrainian soldiers had allegedly been surrounded in the Kursk region by Russian invaders. This was a lie, yet the US President continued to amplify it.
The President of Ukraine added that American officials began to believe Putin at his word, even when their own intelligence contradicted the Russian dictator's statements.
"I believe Russia has managed to influence some people on the White House team through information. Their signal to the Americans was that the Ukrainians do not want to end the war, and something should be done to force them," Zelenskyy stated.
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