White House: Trump was unsurprised by latest Russian attack on Ukraine

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has said that US President Donald Trump was not surprised by Russia's latest attack on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.

Source: a video posted by AFP, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Leavitt said she discussed the Russian strikes with Trump this morning. Trump said last week that Russia had promised him it would halt attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure for a week.

Quote: "His reaction was, unfortunately, unsurprised. These are two countries who have been engaged in a very brutal war for several years – a war that would have never started if the president were still in office. It started because of the weakness and incompetence of the previous president, Joe Biden."

More details: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday 3 February that Russia had blatantly disregarded the US president's personal request to limit strikes on energy infrastructure and that he now expects Washington to respond.

Background: Following Russia's strike on Ukraine's energy facilities on the night of 2-3 February, Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham urged Trump to begin the process of transferring Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine.

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