US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, May 2.Former US President Donald Trump said that the «weakness and incompetence» of his successor and political opponent Joe Biden made possible the launch of a special military operation of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, and that under his administration » this definitely wouldn't have happened.» «Biden turned Afghanistan into something no one could ever think of. In my opinion, when (Russian President) Vladimir Putin looked at this, he decided: it's time to send troops (to Ukraine — ed. With me, he would not have done it, he never would,» Trump said, speaking at a rally of his supporters in Nebraska. The broadcast was conducted by local television.
Lavrov spoke about the role of the United States and Canada in training neo-Nazis in UkraineAccording to the former head of state, Biden is in the situation with Ukraine » showed weakness and incompetence. «None of this would have ever happened under my administration, I'm 100% sure of that,» Trump said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
