President Donald Trump appeared to confuse Volodymyr Zelensky for Vladimir Putin during a press conference at the Nato summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
Speaking to reporters, Trump pointed at Zelensky and said: “Do you have a question for president Putin?” He then appeared to recover himself and asked reporters for questions he could pass on to the Russian leader who he said he is meeting later today.
The US leader referred to the “Islamic Republic of Japan” during the same press conference.
Trump suggested that the US would be happy to provide Ukraine with a license for Patriot interceptors and said further talks on anti-ballistic missiles would ensue.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones have hit nine Russian “shadow fleet” tankers in the Sea of Azov, Kyiv’s drone forces commander said on Wednesday.
A total of 19 tankers have been hit in the past 72 hours, Robert Brovdi said in a statement on Telegram, as Ukraine intensifies efforts to isolate Crimea.
Russia launched fresh missile strikes on Kyiv in the early hours today, triggering fires and injuring at least two people, officials said. It was the third round of attacks on the Ukrainian capital this week.
