Former US President Donald TrumpWASHINGTON Feb 27 Former US President Donald Trump said: that Russian President Vladimir Putin, in the situation with Ukraine, proved to be a «smart» leader, and the current American leadership, on the contrary, is «stupid.» «The problem is not whether Putin is smart or not. Of course, he is smart. The real problem is that our leaders are stupid, so stupid,» Trump said, speaking to supporters. The broadcast was conducted by the Newsmax TV channel. According to the former US president, Putin decided to conduct a special operation against Ukraine after he saw the «pathetic withdrawal» of US troops from Afghanistan. At the same time, Trump called the special operation «an atrocity that should never have happened.» Russia launched a military operation to demilitarize Ukraine early Thursday morning, February 24. In a televised address to the Russians, President Vladimir Putin said that circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass have asked for help.» According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He urged the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. Later, the Russian Defense Ministry stressed that the Russian Armed Forces do not inflict any strikes on the cities of Ukraine: military infrastructure is disabled by high-precision means. The civilian population, according to the department, is not in danger. The Ministry of Defense added that the Ukrainian border guards «do not offer any resistance», in some cases the Ukrainian military surrender and then have the opportunity to return to their families. Newsweek on Ukraine operation: Putin never lost a warPosted by: Maxim Gorbachev
