"Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.

According to U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia “has been fine on Ukraine” and “hasn’t been doing much” to the country it has been attempting to violently conquer for over a decade.

“Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven’t been doing much,” Trump told reporters on Oct. 19.

The president’s remarks came the same day that a Russian daytime drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children. The night before, Russia attacked Kyiv with over a dozen ballistic missiles and targeted nearly 30 critical energy facilities across the country.

  • ExtraJudgement@lemmy.world
    54·
    5 days ago

    So the US agreed to protect Ukraine from Russia of they gave up their nukes

    No, the USA never agreed to protect Ukraine - it was an atrocious deal for the latter.

    This not being in a nuclear umbrella is the reason why Russia was willing to risk invading them.

      • ExtraJudgement@lemmy.world
        14·
        4 days ago

        Yes, thanks for asking. Did you?

        The Budapest Memoranda do not contain “If someone else (e.g. Russia) attacks you, we will deploy our own military assets against them to defend you”, which would be the requirement for the “the USA agreed to protect Ukraine from Russia in exchange for them giving up their nukes” claim.

        I’m not a fan of the USA’s foreign policy, but there’s no need to claim they promised something they did not.